Galactitol (dulcitol) is a sugar alcohol, the reduction product of galactose. It has a slightly sweet taste. In people with galactokinase deficiency, a...

form, galactitol. Galactitol, however, is not a suitable substrate for the next enzyme in the polyol pathway, polyol dehydrogenase. Thus, galactitol accumulates...

extremely high levels of galactitol found in the latter. Classic galactosemia patients typically exhibit urinary galactitol levels of only 98 to 800 mmol/mol...

In enzymology, a galactitol 2-dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.16) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction galactitol + NAD+ ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...

The PTS Galactitol (Gat) Family (TC# 4.A.5) is part of the PTS-AG superfamily. The biochemistry of this family is poorly defined. The only well-characterized...

In enzymology, a galactitol-1-phosphate 5-dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.251) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction galactitol-1-phosphate + NAD+...

reduction of glucose to sorbitol, as well as the reduction of galactose to galactitol. Too much sorbitol trapped in retinal cells, the cells of the lens, and...

(5-carbon) Ribitol (5-carbon) Mannitol (6-carbon) Sorbitol (6-carbon) Galactitol (6-carbon) Fucitol (6-carbon) Iditol (6-carbon) Inositol (6-carbon; a...

Shendelman, Shoshana (March 2022). "OP005: AT-007 significantly reduces toxic galactitol in ACTION-galactosemia kids - the 1st therapeutic interventional clinical...

Fucitol, also known as L-fucitol, 1-deoxy-L-galactitol, and (2R,3S,4R,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol, is a sugar alcohol derived from fucoidan which is found...