Metabolic Functions of Myo-inositol

The cellular functions of myo-inositol

Myo-Inositol (Ins; see Fig. 1 ), one of nine distinct cyclohexanehexol isomers, is an essential dietary requirement for the growth of mice (Woolley, 1940) and is greatly concentrated in the milk of lactating mammals (Burton & Wells, 1974, 1976). Although not strictly a vitamin, as it can be synthesized from glucose by many eukaryotic cells (Eisenberg, 1967), yeast mutants which lack this synthe...

Role of myo-inositol

The combined therapy with myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol reduces the risk of metabolic disease in PCOS overweight patients compared to myo-inositol supplementation alone.

BACKGROUND PCOS is the main cause of infertility due to metabolic, hormonal and ovarian dysfunctions. Women affected by PCOS often suffer of insulin resistance and of a compensatory hyperinsulinemia. These conditions put the patients at risk of developing several metabolic disorders. Both myo-inositol (MI) and D-chiro inositol (DCI) glycans administration has been reported to exert beneficial e...

myo-Inositol metabolism in plants

The multifunctional position supplied by myo-inositol is emerging as a central feature in plant biochemistry and physiology. In this critique, attention is drawn to metabolic aspects and current assessment is made of manifold ways in which myo-inositol and its metabolic products impact growth and development. The fact that a unique enzyme, common to all eukaryotic organisms where such assessmen...

2-Benzyl-myo-inositol monohydrate

The title structure, C(13)H(18)O(6)·H(2)O, contains two independent 2-benzyl-myo-inositol and water mol-ecules. In the crystal, the mol-ecules are strongly hydrogen bonded into an infinite two dimensional network utilizing all OH protons.