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sorbitol
Appearance: powder, liquid
Sorbitol, also known as glucitol, is a sugar alcohol that the body metabolises slowly. It is obtained by reduction of glucose changing the aldehyde group to an additional hydroxyl group hence the name sugar alcohol.
Specifications:
| Terms | Specification (FCCIV) |
| Appearance | Colourless, Syrupy Liquid |
| Dry Substance % | ≥ 70.0 |
| Water Content % | ≤ 31.0 |
| Refractive Index (20° C) | ≥ 1.4575 |
| Specific Rotation [α ] D 20 (20° C) (° ) | ≤ +5.3 |
| Specific Gravity ( 20 ° C ) g/ml | ≥ 1.285 |
| D-Sorbitol % | ≥ 50.0 |
| D-Mannitol% | ≤ 8.0 |
| Resistivity µ s/cm | ≤ 20 |
| Reducing Sugars % | ≤ 0.21 |
| Total Sugars % | ≤ 8.00 |
| Nickel mg/kg | ≤ 0.0002 |
| Iron mg/kg | ≤ 1.0 |
| Chloride mg/kg | ≤ 0.001 |
| Sulphate mg/kg | ≤ 0.005 |
| Heavy Metals (as Pb) mg/kg | ≤ 0.0005 |
| Arsenic (as As 2 O 3 ) mg/kg | ≤ 0.0002 |
| Sulphated Ash % | ≤ 0.01 |
Applications:
1.Sweetener
Sorbitol is used in "sugar-free" mints and various cough syrups and is usually listed under the inactive ingredients.
Sorbitol is a sugar substitute often used in diet foods (including diet drinks and ice cream) and sugar-free chewing gum. It also occurs naturally in many stone fruits and berries from trees of the genus Sorbus[1]. Sorbitol is also referred to as a nutritive sweetener because it provides dietary energy: 2.6 kilocalories (11 kilojoules) per gram versus the average 4 kilocalories (17 kilojoules).
2.Laxative
Sorbitol can be used as a non-stimulant laxative as either an oral suspension or suppository. The drug works by drawing water into the large intestine, thereby stimulating bowel movements. [2] Sorbitol has been determined safe to use in the elderly although it is by no means recommended.
3.Medical importance
Sorbitol is used in bacterial culture media to distinguish Escherichia_coli_O157_H7 from most other strains of E Coli.
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