"Sorbitol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A polyhydric alcohol with about half the sweetness of sucrose. Sorbitol occurs naturally and is also produced synthetically from glucose. It was formerly used as a diuretic and may still be used as a laxative and in irrigating solutions for some surgical procedures. It is also used in many manufacturing processes, as a pharmaceutical aid, and in several research applications.
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D013012
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.033.800.813 D09.853.813
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sorbitol" by people in Profiles.
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Salmer?n-Santiago KG, Pardo JP, Flores-Herrera O, Mendoza-Hern?ndez G, Miranda-Arango M, Guerra-S?nchez G. Response to osmotic stress and temperature of the fungus Ustilago maydis. Arch Microbiol. 2011 Oct; 193(10):701-9.
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Aley SB, Sherwood JA, Marsh K, Eidelman O, Howard RJ. Identification of isolate-specific proteins on sorbitol-enriched Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes from Gambian patients. Parasitology. 1986 Jun; 92 ( Pt 3):511-25.
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Kutner S, Breuer WV, Ginsburg H, Aley SB, Cabantchik ZI. Characterization of permeation pathways in the plasma membrane of human erythrocytes infected with early stages of Plasmodium falciparum: association with parasite development. J Cell Physiol. 1985 Dec; 125(3):521-7.