has role xylitol (2R,3R,4S)-Pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentaol CHEBI:17151 A pentitol (five-carbon sugar alcohol) having meso-configuration, being derived from xylose by reduction of the carbonyl group. DrugBank:DB01904 HMDB:HMDB0002917 Xylitol CHEBI:46522 Xylit PDBeChem:XYL (2R,3r,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol xylite Wikipedia:Xylitol L-xylitol D-XYLITOL meso-xylitol CHEBI:10078 CHEBI:15328 KEGG:D00061 KEGG:C00379 CHEBI:253147 CHEBI:27339 MetaCyc:XYLITOL xylitol CHEBI:60939 pentitol sweetening agent allergen hapten mouse metabolite Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite human metabolite algal metabolite