May be used for washing spheroplasts[1]and in isoelectric focusing to minimize endoosmotic flow in agarose gels.[2]May be used to induce osmotic stress.

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Sorbitol also known as glucitol is a sugar alcohol with a sweet taste which the human body metabolizes slowly. It can be obtained by reduction of glucose changing the aldehyde group to a hydroxyl group. Most sorbitol is made from corn syrup but it is also found in apples pears peaches and prunes. It is converted to fructose by sorbitol-6-phosphate 2-dehydrogenase. Sorbitol is an isomer of mannitol another sugar alcohol the two differ only in the orientation of the hydroxyl group on carbon 2. While similar the two sugar alcohols have very different sources in nature melting points and uses.