Talk:Xylose

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Is Xylose a reducing sugar?

Yes, xylose is a reducing sugar. The links supplied seem to have little to do with xylose and more with advertising - they should be replaced by more appropriate ones! Rstenutz 01:55, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can eating xylose contribute to cataracts? I have read it is used to induce glaucoma in experiments with bovine eye lenses. See http://www.iovs.org/cgi/reprint/17/9/896.pdf Could this diabetic's sugar substitute contribute to cataract formation in diabetics? Sapoty 05:58, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The xylose shown is the alpha-D-xylopyranose. The beta-D-xylopyranose should be shown which the most stable. --Kupirijo 03:53, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Zero calories per gram? Reference [9] says no such thing, is ancient (1936), and the entry is contradicted by every modern reliable source.

Xylose has around 2.4 calories/gram. JohndanR (talk) 23:20, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

​ It's Wikipedia, not a discussion forum, much useful form of fixing is actual fixing (I've done it, but almost 3 years later). —Mykhal (talk) 22:06, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]