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Product name: L Arabinose

Synonyms: L-(+)-Arabinose;

Molecular Formula: C5H10O5

Molecular Weight:150.13

CAS Registry Number: 87-72-9

Appearance: White crystalline powder, odorless

Assay: 99% min

Specific Rotation: 100-104degree

Melting Point: 154-158 degree Celsius

L-arabinose is a kind of aldopentoses, it's a low-calurie sweetener, it inhibits the sucrase activity and prevents increasing of blood glucose, therefore, it can prevent fat accumulation and against high blood glucose disease. L-arabinose is more common than D-arabinose in nature, it can be used as pharmaceutical intermediate, preparing culture medium and be used for synthesis in the flavour industry.

M-Arabinose is an aldopentose – a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms, and including an aldehyde (CHO) functional group.

N-For biosynthetic reasons, most saccharides are almost always more abundant in nature as the "D"-form, or structurally analogous to D-glyceraldehyde.[note 1] However, L-arabinose is in fact more common than D-arabinose in nature and is found in nature as a component of biopolymers such as hemicellulose and pectin.

L-arabinose can be used as a sucrose enzyme inhibitor to lower the Glycaemic Index(GI) of sucrose containing products

L-arabinose can be used in developing antiviral agents such as nucleoside analogues

L-arabinose can be used in various foods (except foods for infants or young children)

L-arabinose can be used as raw material for the synthesis of fine chemicals as well as pharmaceutical intermediate