D-Xylulose (min. 99%) 25 mg

Synonyms: D-threo-pent-2-ulose

Synonyms: D-threo-pent-2-ulose. Xylulose a ketopentose, is a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms, and including a ketone functional group. In nature, it occurs in both the L- and D-enantiomers. L-Xylulose accumulates in the urine in patients with pentosuria, due to a deficiency in L-xylulose reductase. Since L-xylulose is a reducing sugar like D-glucose, pentosuria patients have been wrongly diagnosed in the past to be diabetic.