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hexitol Chem.|ˈhɛksɪtɒl|
[f. hexose + -itol.]
Any of a class of hexahydric alcohols that are closely related to the hexoses.
1894Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXVI. i. 395 According to theory, 10 stereoisomeric forms of hexitol should exist. 1913T. H. Pope tr. Molinari's Org. Chem. II. 433 With hydrogen the hexoses form hexitols, which are not aldehydic but only alcoholic in character. 1959A. White et al. Princ. Biochem. (ed. 2) xviii. 423 The cyclic hexitol myoinositol..occurs abundantly in nature, and is present chiefly in the form of polyphosphates in plants. |