Organic Chemical
sugar alcohol
sug·ar al·co·hol
Subclass of:
Carbohydrates; Alcohols
Definitions related to sugar alcohols:
  • All sugars are alcohols by virtue of their hydroxy groups, but this term applies to those which have gained a hydroxy group by reduction of a keto or acid group.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Polyhydric alcohols having no more than one hydroxy group attached to each carbon atom. They are formed by the reduction of the carbonyl group of a sugar to a hydroxyl group. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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