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Xylitol

Known as: Xylitol [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A five-carbon sugar alcohol derived from XYLOSE by reduction of the carbonyl group. It is as sweet as sucrose and used as a noncariogenic sweetener.
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Comparison of the xylose reductase-xylitol dehydrogenase and the xylose isomerase pathways for xylose fermentation by recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae
BackgroundTwo heterologous pathways have been used to construct recombinant xylose-fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains: i… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Effect of chewing gums containing xylitol or probiotic bacteria on salivary mutans streptococci and lactobacilli
The aim was to evaluate the effect of xylitol and probiotic chewing gums on salivary mutans streptococci (MS) and lactobacilli… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
A rare sugar xylitol. Part II: biotechnological production and future applications of xylitol
Xylitol is the first rare sugar that has global markets. It has beneficial health properties and represents an alternative to… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Brewers' spent grain : generation, characteristics and potential applications
Review
2006
Review
2006
The use of sorbitol- and xylitol-sweetened chewing gum in caries control.
  • B. Burt
  • The Journal of the American Dental Association ()
  • 2006
  • Corpus ID: 23419763
BACKGROUND The author compared the caries-inhibitory action of sorbitol- and xylitol-sweetened chewing gum and assessed the role… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Xylanases from fungi: properties and industrial applications
Xylan is the principal type of hemicellulose. It is a linear polymer of β-D-xylopyranosyl units linked by (1–4) glycosidic bonds… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Metabolic engineering of a xylose-isomerase-expressing Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain for rapid anaerobic xylose fermentation.
Review
2003
Review
2003
Lignocellulose biotechnology: issues of bioconversion and enzyme production
This review is written from the perspective of scientists working in lignocellulose bioconversion in a developing country and the… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Hemicellulose bioconversion
  • B. Saha
  • Journal of Industrial Microbiology…
  • 2003
  • Corpus ID: 12483081
Various agricultural residues, such as corn fiber, corn stover, wheat straw, rice straw, and sugarcane bagasse, contain about 20… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
High-level functional expression of a fungal xylose isomerase: the key to efficient ethanolic fermentation of xylose by Saccharomyces cerevisiae?
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