loading...| Preferred Name |
Sorbitol [Chemical/Ingredient] |
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| Synonyms |
D-Glucitol Sorbitol |
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| ID |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000006662 |
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| altLabel |
D-Glucitol Glucitol Sorbitol |
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| cui |
C0037688 |
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| Ingredient of |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000155227 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000021124 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000021696 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000146220 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000157718 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000021417 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000157720 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000155229 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000155228 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000020511 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000023374 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000163043 |
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| MESH DEFINITION |
A polyhydric alcohol with about half the sweetness of sucrose. Sorbitol occurs naturally and is also produced synthetically from glucose. It was formerly used as a diuretic and may still be used as a laxative and in irrigating solutions for some surgical procedures. It is also used in many manufacturing processes, as a pharmaceutical aid, and in several research applications. |
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| MESH DUI |
D013012 |
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| MeSH name |
Sorbitol |
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| MESH UI |
M0020169 |
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| NDFRT kind |
INGREDIENT_KIND |
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| notation |
N0000006662 |
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| NUI |
N0000006662 |
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| prefLabel |
Sorbitol [Chemical/Ingredient] |
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| tui |
T109 T121 |
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| subClassOf |