Name: L-(+)Arabinose
CAS NO.: 87-72-9
Appearance: White crystalline powder
Assay: 99% min
Funtion of L-(+)Arabinose
1.L-arabinose can be used as a sucrose enzyme inhibitor to lower the Glycaemic Index(GI) of sucrose containing products
2.L-arabinose can be used in developing antiviral agents such as nucleoside analogues
3.L-arabinose can be used in various foods (except foods for infants or young children)
4.L-arabinose can be used as raw material for the synthesis of fine chemicals as well as pharmaceutical intermediate
5.L-arabinose can be used in preparing bacterial medium in biological industry
6.L-arabinose can be used in the synthesis of flavours
Application of L-(+)Arabinose
1.Arabinose can take metabolic role to sucrose in the intestines, and can stop the conversion.
2.Arabinose has very good application future to reduce weight and control diabetes. .
3.Arabinose, as a low calorie sweetener, is approved to be used as a safe food additive by US FDA and Japan. The most representative feature of L-Arabinose is that it can selectively affect the sucrose enzyme which influences the sucrose digestion indisaccharide-hydrolysing enzymes in small intestine, and so Arabinose can well stop the absorption of sucrose in body.
