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L-Arabinose: Chemical name: L-Arabinopyranose Assay: 99.0-102.0% Appearance: White crystalline powder Molecular formula: C5H10O5 Molecular weight: 150.13 Structural formula:  |
Arabinose is one of the most abundant pentoses in nature and it is present in various hemicellulosic and pectic plant polysaccharides, and the homoglycane arabinan. L-arabinose is traditionally used for the flavour industry in Maillard reaction and as culture media although also has been used for organic synthesis in the obtention of the L-carnitine. L-Arabinose suppress increase of blood glucose after sucrose loading dose dependently in mice, but showed no effect after starch loading. This fact can be more interesting for the application of L-arabinose in light diet and diabetic disease mixed in small quantities with sucrose.