dulcitol Chem.
(ˈdʌlsɪtɒl)
[f. dulcite + -ol.]
= dulcite.
| 1884 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XLVI. 1284 Dulcitol is neutral to litmus. 1938 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) II. 296/1 Haas has detected both dulcitol and sorbitol in a red seaweed. 1970 R. W. McGilvery Biochem. xxvi. 639 Some infants have defects of galactose metabolism... If the kinase is missing..the accumulation of galactose leads to formation of cataracts through reduction to the corresponding hexitol, dulcitol. |