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A rare sugar is a sugar that occurs in limited quantities in nature. Rare sugars can be made using enzymes, choosing which enzymes to use if you know the substrate can be aided by the Izumoring-strategy.
Specific examples of rare sugars are:
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A rare sugar is a sugar that occurs in limited quantities in nature. Rare sugars can be made using enzymes, choosing which enzymes to use if you know the substrate can be aided by the Izumoring-strategy.
Specific examples of rare sugars are:
* Allulose
D-Psicose (C6H12O6), also known as D-allulose, or simply allulose, is a low-calorie epimer of the monosaccharide sugar fructose, used by some major commercial food and beverage manufacturers as a low-calorie sweetener. First identified in wheat i ...
* Allose
Allose is an aldohexose sugar. It is a rare monosaccharide that occurs as a 6-O-cinnamyl glycoside in the leaves of the African shrub ''Protea rubropilosa''. Extracts from the fresh-water alga ''Ochromas malhamensis'' contain this sugar but of u ...
* Sorbose
Sorbose is a ketose belonging to the group of sugars known as monosaccharides. It has a sweetness that is equivalent to sucrose (table sugar). The commercial production of vitamin C
Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid and ascorbate) ...
* Tagatose
Tagatose is a hexose monosaccharide. It is found in small quantities in a variety of foods, and has attracted attention as an alternative sweetener. It is often found in dairy products, because it is formed when milk is heated. It is similar in t ...
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