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Sorbitol, less commonly known asglucitol, is asugar alcoholwith asweettastewhich the human body metabolizes slowly. It can be obtained byreductionofglucose, which changes the convertedaldehydegroup (CHO) to a primary alcohol group (CH2OH). Most sorbitol is made frompotato starch, but it is also found in nature, for example in apples, pears, peaches, and prunes.It is converted to fructose bysorbitol-6-phosphate 2-dehydrogenase. Sorbitol is anisomerofmannitol, another sugar alcohol; the two differ only in the orientation of thehydroxylgroup on carbon 2.While similar, the two sugar alcohols have very different sources in nature, melting points, and uses.
As anover-the-counter drug, sorbitol is used as alaxativeto treatconstipation.