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Sugar Alcohols MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Sugar Alcohols
Tree Number(s)
D02.033.800
D09.853
Unique ID
D013402
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013402
Scope Note
Polyhydric alcohols having no more than one hydroxy group attached to each carbon atom. They are formed by the reduction of the carbonyl group of a sugar to a hydroxyl group. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
Entry Term(s)
Alcohols, Sugar
Alditol
Alditols
Sugar Alcohol
Registry Numbers
0
Previous Indexing
Alcohols (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note
72
History Note
72
Date Established
1972/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2021/06/30
Sugar Alcohols Preferred
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