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Details

Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C6H12O6
Molecular Weight 180.1559
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 3 / 3
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

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Structure of FRUCTOSE

SMILES

OC[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)C(=O)CO

InChI

InChIKey=BJHIKXHVCXFQLS-UYFOZJQFSA-N
InChI=1S/C6H12O6/c7-1-3(9)5(11)6(12)4(10)2-8/h3,5-9,11-12H,1-2H2/t3-,5-,6-/m1/s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C6H12O6
Molecular Weight 180.1559
Charge 0
Count
MOL RATIO 1 MOL RATIO (average)
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 3 / 3
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Description

Fructose, or fruit sugar, is a simple ketonic monosaccharide found in many plants, where it is often bonded to glucose to form the disaccharide sucrose. In nature, fructose is produced as D-enantiomer. D-Fructose is one of the three dietary monosaccharides, along with glucose and galactose, that are absorbed directly into the bloodstream. L-fructose is an enantiomer of D-fructose. L-fructose does not occur naturally and can be produced synthetically from the racemic mixture of D- and L-fructose. L-fructose was investigated as a non-caloric sweetener; however it was detected that digestibility of L-fructose is 10% lower than D-fructose, and L-fructose did not found significant commercial application.

CNS Activity

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Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Inactive ingredient
SALLY HANSEN OUCH-RELIEF WAX KIT

Sourcing

PubMed

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide
Twenty healthy volunteers were randomized into two groups: group A received 300 mL of 22.5% glucose and group B received 300 mL of 22.5% fructose. The solution was consumed after 8 hours of overnight fasting, the repeated with the opposite solution after a 1 week washout period. At each intervention venous blood was collected at 0, 0.5, 1, 2 and 3 hours, ad blood-pressure was recorded at 0, 1, 2, and 3 hours.
Route of Administration: Oral
In Vitro Use Guide
Nerve terminals were prepared from rat forebrains and purified synaptosomes were exposed to [U14C]fructose or [U14C]glucose for 10 minutes leading to the selective labeling of glutamate over aspartate and GABA, and Alanine. [U-14C]Fructose shoed a preference for labeling glutamate more strongly, and aspartate and GABA less strongly, than did [U-14C]glucose. Thus, the distribution of label between glutamate, aspartate, and GABA was significantly different in synaptosomes exposed to [U-14C]fructose or [U-14C]glucose, as reflected in an aspartate/glutamate labeling ratio of 0.07 and 0.53 and a GABA/glutamate labeling ratio of 0.03 and 0.36 for [U14C]fructose- and [U14C]glucose-exposed synaptosomes respectively. The increased labeling of glutamate indicates increased uptake of fructose into nerve terminals and oxidative fructose metabolism in these structures.
Substance Class Chemical
Record UNII
6YSS42VSEV
Record Status Validated (UNII)
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