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Rare sugar

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Japanese syrup that includes allulose, allose, and other rare sugars[1]

A rare sugar is a sugar that occurs in limited quantities in nature.[2] Rare sugars can be made using enzymes, choosing which enzymes to use if you know the substrate can be aided by the Izumoring-strategy.[3]

Specific examples of rare sugars are:

References

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  1. ^ "Rare Sugar Sweet". Matsutani. Matsutani Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Nagata, Yasuo; Mizuta, Narumi; Kanasaki, Akane; Tanaka, Kazunari (March 2018). "Rare sugars, d -allulose, d -tagatose and d -sorbose, differently modulate lipid metabolism in rats". Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 98 (5): 2020–2026. Bibcode:2018JSFA...98.2020N. doi:10.1002/jsfa.8687. PMID 28940418.
  3. ^ Zhang, Wenli; Zhang, Tao; Jiang, Bo; Mu, Wanmeng (March 2017). "Enzymatic approaches to rare sugar production". Biotechnology Advances. 35 (2): 267–274. doi:10.1016/j.biotechadv.2017.01.004. PMID 28111316.
  4. ^ Matsuo, Tatsuhiro; Suzuki, Hiroo; Hashiguchi, Mineo; Izumori, Ken (2002). "D-Psicose Is a Rare Sugar That Provides No Energy to Growing Rats". Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology. 48 (1): 77–80. doi:10.3177/jnsv.48.77. PMID 12026195.
  5. ^ The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals (11th ed.), Merck, 1989, ISBN 091191028X[page needed]