Lactitol, also known as 4-β-D-galactopyranosyl-D-glucitol, is a sugar alcohol synthesized from lactose. It is used in food manufacturing as a nutritive sweetener and is approximately 35% as sweet as table sugar (i.e. sucrose). Clinically, lactitol has been investigated for use as an osmotic laxative and, along with other non-absorbable disaccharides such as ...
Lactitol is indicated for the treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation in adults.
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