"Galactitol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A naturally occurring product of plants obtained following reduction of GALACTOSE. It appears as a white crystalline powder with a slight sweet taste. It may form in excess in the lens of the eye in GALACTOSEMIAS, a deficiency of GALACTOKINASE.
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D004376
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MeSH Number(s) |
D02.033.800.400 D09.853.400
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2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Galactitol" by people in Profiles.
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Novel Mutation in GALT Gene in Galactosemia Patient with Group B Streptococcus Meningitis and Acute Liver Failure. Medicina (Kaunas). 2019 Apr 04; 55(4).
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Recurrent Reverse Evolution Maintains Polymorphism after Strong Bottlenecks in Commensal Gut Bacteria. Mol Biol Evol. 2017 Nov 01; 34(11):2879-2892.
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Diosgenin, a Novel Aldose Reductase Inhibitor, Attenuates the Galactosemic Cataract in Rats. J Diabetes Res. 2017; 2017:7309816.
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Biodegradable galactitol based crosslinked polyesters for controlled release and bone tissue engineering. Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2017 Aug 01; 77:534-547.
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Galactose and its Metabolites Deteriorate Metaphase II Mouse Oocyte Quality and Subsequent Embryo Development by Disrupting the Spindle Structure. Sci Rep. 2017 03 22; 7(1):231.
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Tailoring the degradation rate and release kinetics from poly(galactitol sebacate) by blending with chitosan, alginate or ethyl cellulose. Int J Biol Macromol. 2016 Dec; 93(Pt B):1591-1602.
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Caproiciproducens galactitolivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium capable of producing caproic acid from galactitol, isolated from a wastewater treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2015 Dec; 65(12):4902-4908.
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Cloning and characterization of a galactitol 2-dehydrogenase from Rhizobium legumenosarum and its application in D-tagatose production. Enzyme Microb Technol. 2014 May 10; 58-59:44-51.
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Polyol effects on growth factors and MAPK signaling in rat retinal capillary cells. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2014 Feb; 30(1):4-11.
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Proton fingerprints portray molecular structures: enhanced description of the 1H NMR spectra of small molecules. J Org Chem. 2013 Oct 04; 78(19):9963-8.