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The polyol (polyhydric alcohol) corresponding to glucose. Occurs naturally in some plants, is used as a growth substrate in some tests for bacteria and is sometimes used to maintain the tonicity of low ionic strength media.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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