Multiple choice

Which of the following compounds is a sugar alcohol?

  1. Arabinose

  2. Fucose

  3. Fuculose

  4. Galactitol

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Explanation

Galactitol is a sugar alcohol, the reduction product of galactose.It is produced from galactose in a reaction catalyzed by aldose reductase. Galactose itself comes from the metabolism of the disaccharide lactose into glucose and galactose.