adonitoln.
/əˈdɒnᵻtɒl/, /əˈdəʊnᵻtɒl/, U.S. /əˈdɑnəˌtɔl/, /əˈdɑnəˌtɑl/ Chemistry.
= ribitol n.
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1893 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 64 291 The annual report for 1892 issued by Merck, of Darmstadt, contains a description of a crystalline pentahydric alcohol obtained from Adonis vernalis, and named adonitol.
1910 E. F. Armstrong Simple Carbohydrates & Glucosides iii. 39 The only naturally occurring pentose alcohol is adonitol, C5H12O5, corresponding to ribose.
1944 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 66 1906/1 Schulz and Tolleus condensed adonitol with aqueous formaldehyde through the action of concentrated hydrochloric acid and obtained a methylene derivative.
2010 Arch. Microbiol. 192 279 Several kinds of carbohydrates such as sorbose, adonitol, and melezitose were found to enhance equol production from daidzein in an in vitro human fecal culture.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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