1.Sugar alcohol (alditol) An alcohol derived from a monosaccharide by reduction of its carbonyl group (CO) so that each carbon atom of the sugar has an alcohol group (OH).
糖:单糖的羰基(CO)还原得到.继而糖分子的每碳原子都连有羟基(OH)。
2.Gas chromatography of its alditol acetates has shown that TaA is composed of mannose and xylose by the ratio of 2.85∶1.The physical and chemical properties of TaA have been characterized.