dulcitoln.
/ˈdʌlsᵻtɒl/, U.S. /ˈdəlsəˌtɔl/, /ˈdəlsəˌtɑl/ Chemistry.
A sweet-tasting crystalline alcohol which occurs in various plants and also in the lenses of the eyes of persons affected by galactosaemia. Also called galactitol, dulcite, (formerly) dulcose.Dulcitol is a reduced derivative of galactose, isomeric with mannitol; CH2OH(CHOH)4CH2OH.
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1880 H. E. Armstrong & C. E. Groves Miller's Elements Chem. (ed. 5) III. vi. 558 Dulcitol crystallizes in hard monoclinic prisms, scarcely sweet to the taste.
1938 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) II. 296/1 Haas has detected both dulcitol and sorbitol in a red seaweed.
2004 New Phytologist 163 333/2 Extensive B[oron] mobility has now been found in many plant species in which sorbitol, mannitol or dulcitol are present.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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