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Is sorbitol produced from corn? With a severe corn allergy to every aspect of corn including the sugars, starch and protein, could I react to ingesting this product? Could I absorb it while brusihg with toothpaste which lists that as the first ingredient. I am so sensitive to corn that less than 1/10th of a tsp. of starch makes me sick with flu-like symptoms for 3 days. This is disabling because it involves severe body aches and I can't think or concentrate normally.

Is polysorbate preservative a corn product? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.136.206.114 (talk) 16:27, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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ðŒŁĻǎIs anybody having problems with the image? User:Merinda reported it to be a dead/broken link, but for me it works -- JeLuF

Microsoft bug. I've resaved the image in GIMP, the new version seems to make it through. --Brion 21:23 Sep 25, 2002 (UTC)

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Articles that ask questions

So, right now, the article says:

> This product is commonly used in "Sugar Free" products and since it is a sugar alchohol are those products truly sugar free?

Is that meant to be a rhetorical question?
Or is this one of those 'In Soviet Russia, encyclopedia gets information from you!' things?

-- 67.161.46.135 03:44, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I took it out, along with the snarky answer someone provided. They had no place in an article such as this. Sethery 20:16, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

2 calories?

The Merk Index, Eleventh edition p.1375: "In the healthy human organism 1g of sorbitol yelds 3.994 calories wich is comparable to 3.940 calories from 1g of cane sugar"

-regards

Can anyone answer?

Sorbitol... in toothpaste?

I read your very interesting article about Sorbitol, but what is it (Sorbitol) doing in most major brands of toothpaste, as the first ingredient, no less!? Mysteriousmadamex 10:03, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's in toothpaste as a humectant and a sweetener. I'm not certain, but I think the bacteria that cause tooth decay can't use sorbitol an a food source, so sorbitol isn't bad for your teeth like other sugars. --Ed (Edgar181) 14:26, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorbitol... CRAMPS!!!

Everytime I eat "Sugar-Free" Candy or Sours etc. I get major major major gas and diarhea. damn.

2 calories??? (again)

From the link to NIH provided in references:

sorbitol (SORE-bih-tall): 1. A sugar alcohol (sweetener) with 4 calories per gram. 2. A substance produced by the body in people with diabetes that can cause damage to the eyes and nerves.

Anyone who is in charge - please fix it in the artilcle! it is confusing!

I think the article is clear enough--it's the same substance. It causes damage when it's inside the cells, but as a food, it's generally OK. I tried clarifying it. Jcarnelian 10:39, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So as of this time, the article's text states a caloric content of 2.6 calories per gram and gives a link to NIH diabetes-related content which states that the caloric content is 4 calories per gram. Someone above refers to Merk Index, Eleventh edition p.1375 for a figure of approximately 4 calories per gram. Other references on-line corroborate 2.6 calories per gram (sugar.com, fda, etc.). Anyone know what this discrepancy is due to?

-thanks, Onceler (talk) 14:30, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"severe" gastrointestinal problems

I changed "severe gastrointestinal problems" to "gastrointestinal problems"; in a medical context, "severe" usually implies something like "potentially life threatening" or "potentially debilitating". Jcarnelian 10:39, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, I'm currently recovering from a VERY bad IBD flare due to accidental consumption of a tiny amount of sorbitol. Sorbitol (and its derivatives) is the only substance to provoke my IBD - and if you don't call constant, intense abdominal pain, continuous bleeding, and the accompanying systemic effects 'debilitating', your definition of that word doesn't match mine! Glaciare (talk) 11:55, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

On a far less personal note, I just came across a study regarding the dangers of sorbitol, when added to enemas in certain treatment protocols, being potentially-fatal effects on uremic 'or ill' patients. Summary and citation added. Glaciare (talk) 15:07, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As a Humectant

It would be good to cover Sorbitol as an additive to cigarettes, and what happens to it when it burns. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.5.171.61 (talk) 20:50, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

breaking story

Why isn't the current news story that Sorbitol leads to weight loss mentioned?

When it is, I'd like to see a discussion of the positive aspects as well: can Sorbitol be used as a prescription-free weight-loss substance?

85.227.226.235 (talk) 15:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can you provide a link to a reliable news source? I read the BBC News site daily and have not heard of this. --Ouro (blah blah) 15:38, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly you just need to eat enough sorbitol and your body won't take up many nutrients because they pass the digestive tract so fast. -> You will lose body mass. Now, what's the "breaking news"? 84.115.145.169 (talk) 15:46, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like "breaking wind" news! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.84.183.111 (talk) 15:05, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Indirect Side effects?

Are there any studies that link the consumption of sugar alcohol (say, from chewing gum) to the attraction of mosquitoes? That might be an interesting topic to explore. Ebuar (talk) 13:28, 9 October 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ebuar (talk • contribs) 12:59, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Should be some link to Hyaluronan

This section (below) appears in the Hyaluronan article and mentions Sorbitol - so there appear to be two sections to add the Sorbitol page - that it is 'free radical scavanging' and that it's used to prolong the half-life of native Hyaluronan. I don't know anything much about Sorbitol but it looks like something to mention. EdwardLane (talk) 17:02, 10 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Native hyaluronan has a relatively short half-life (shown in rabbits)^[1] so various manufacturing techniques have been deployed to extend the length of the chain and stabilise the molecule for its use in medical applications. The introduction of protein based cross-links,^[2] the introduction of free-radical scavenging molecules such as sorbitol^[3] and minimal stabilisation of the HA chains through chemical agents e.g. NASHA stabilisation are all techniques that have been used.^[4]

The structure in JMOL is wrong

Sorbitol does not contain a C=O group as, the linked structure in the JMOL-Section shows. I have no idea how to chenge that, i cannot find any "JMOL" section in the wiki source code. --141.201.116.184 (talk) 05:34, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean the image you reach when you click Image 1 in the infobox? That's outside of Wikipedia. We can't change the image but we can remove the link to it, though I don't know how. I'll leave a message at WikiProject:Chemicals. The SMILES appears to be incorrect, too. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 10:56, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed: I figured it out. Turns out the Jmol image is generated on demand based on the SMILES in the chembox. Replacing the SMILES with a version from here corrected the Jmol. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 11:15, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cool! Now its correct, THX! --141.201.116.184 (talk) 06:52, 26 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

^ >Brown TJ (1991). "Turnover of hyaluronan in synovial joints: elimination of labelled hyaluronan from the knee joint of the rabbit". Experimental Physiology. 76 (1): 125–134. PMID 2015069. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)</
^ Frampton JE (2010). "Hylan GF-20 Single injection formulation". Drugs Aging. 27 (1): 77–85. doi:10.2165/11203900-000000000-00000. PMID 20030435. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)</
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[2] Frampton JE (2010). "Hylan GF-20 Single injection formulation". Drugs Aging. 27 (1): 77–85. doi:10.2165/11203900-000000000-00000. PMID 20030435. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)</

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 :Do you mean the image you reach when you click [http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/jmol.php?model=O%3DC%28%5BC%40H%5D%28O%29%5BC%40%40H%5D%28O%29%5BC%40H%5D%28O%29CO%29CO Image 1] in the infobox?  That's outside of Wikipedia.  We can't change the image but we can remove the link to it, though I don't know how.  I'll leave a message at [[WP:CHEM|WikiProject:Chemicals]].  The SMILES appears to be incorrect, too. [[User:Adrian J. Hunter|Adrian&nbsp;'''J.'''&nbsp;Hunter]]<sup>([[User talk:Adrian J. Hunter|talk]]•[[Special:contributions/Adrian J. Hunter|contribs]])</sup> 10:56, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 ::{{Fixed}}:  I figured it out.  Turns out the Jmol image is generated on demand based on the SMILES in the chembox.  Replacing the SMILES with a version from [http://www.ymdb.ca/compounds/YMDB00656 here] corrected the Jmol. [[User:Adrian J. Hunter|Adrian&nbsp;'''J.'''&nbsp;Hunter]]<sup>([[User talk:Adrian J. Hunter|talk]]•[[Special:contributions/Adrian J. Hunter|contribs]])</sup> 11:15, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
+:::: Cool! Now its correct, THX! --[[Special:Contributions/141.201.116.184|141.201.116.184]] ([[User talk:141.201.116.184|talk]]) 06:52, 26 September 2012 (UTC)