Sorbitol Definition

sôrbĭ-tôl, -tōl, -tŏl
noun
A sweet, white, odorless, crystalline alcohol, C6H8(OH)6, found in certain berries and fruits, used as a moistening agent in lotions or creams, as a sugar substitute, etc.
Webster's New World

(organic chemistry) A sugar alcohol (2R,3S,4S,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol used as an artificial sweetener.

Wiktionary

Origin of Sorbitol

  • sorb (since it was first isolated from the berries of the rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia)) –it(e) –ol

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From sorbus (“service tree") + -itol (“polyhydric alcohols")

    From Wiktionary

Sorbitol Sentence Examples

  • Each 5 ml of product contains 0.7 g of sorbitol and 2.8 g sucrose.

  • Campto contains sorbitol, which is unsuitable for people who cannot tolerate fructose.

  • The company also produces tablet grade crystalline sorbitol which offers new opportunities for SPI Pharma, the pharmaceutical ingredients division of SPI.

  • Margins in liquid sorbitol improved following last year's outsourcing of manufacture.

  • Margins in liquid sorbitol improved following last year 's outsourcing of manufacture.

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SSOSOR

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