Possibility as Monosaccharide Laxative of Rare Sugar Alcohols

Possibility as monosaccharide laxative of rare sugar alcohols.

Allitol, D-talitol and L-iditol are sugar alcohols that are rare in nature. Due to their previous rarity, little is known about the laxative effects of these rare sugar alcohols. Therefore, reliable data on the laxative effect that these sugar alcohols cause in experimental animals could help to evaluate the effectiveness of new monosaccharide laxative drugs. To investigate the laxative effect ...

Metabolic engineering for bioproduction of sugar alcohols.

Sugar alcohols find applications in pharmaceuticals, oral and personal care products, and as intermediates in chemical synthesis. While industrial-scale production of these compounds has generally involved catalytic hydrogenation of sugars, microbial-based processes receive increasing attention. The past few years have seen a variety of interesting metabolic engineering efforts to improve the c...

Hydrolytic Hydrogenation of Cellulose to Sugar Alcohols by Nickel Salts

Bacteriostatic activities of monoacyl sugar alcohols against thermophilic sporeformers.

The bacteriostatic activities of monoacyl sugar alcohols with different acyl chains and hydrophilic heads were examined against some thermophilic sporeformers. Monomyristoyl erythritol and xylitol efficaciously suppressed their spore development. The number and orientation of the hydroxyl groups also played important roles in this activity, and monomyristoyl xylitol exhibited the highest activi...

Sugar alcohols and prevention of oral diseases - comments and rectifications

Substituting sugar (sucrose and related fermentable saccharides) with low-calorie carbohydrates and sugar alcohols constitutes a well-founded approach to controlling energy intake in the prevention of obesity and certain diseases, and to limiting the occurrence of bacteria-associated diseases such as dental caries. The present concise review discusses selected sugar-substitute applications of a...