Sorbitol - PubChem

Sorbitol - Compound Summary (CID 5780) Also known as: D-Sorbitol, D-Glucitol, glucitol, L-Gulitol, Sorbilande, Diakarmon, Esasorb, Glucarine, Multitol Molecular Formula: C₆H₁₄O₆ Molecular Weight: 182.17176 InChIKey: FBPFZTCFMRRESA-JGWLITMVSA-N 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. From: MeSH View the conformer with web-based 3D viewer View the conformer with Pc3D viewer application Download Pc3D viewer application 2D ASN.1 Text: Display 2D ASN.1 Text: Save 2D ASN.1 Binary: Save 3D ASN.1 Text: Display 3D ASN.1 Text: Save 3D ASN.1 Binary: Save 2D XML: Display 2D XML: Save 3D XML: Display 3D XML: Save 2D SDF: Display 2D SDF: Save 3D SDF: Display 3D SDF: Save BioActivity, this compound BioActivity, with similar compounds BioActivity, with similar conformers
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