Development of selective and differential medium for Shigella sonnei using three carbohydrates (lactose, sorbitol, and xylose) and X-Gal

Products of sugar beet processing as raw materials for chemicals and biodegradable polymers

“…This alcohol is mainly used as a food additive, successfully replacing traditional sugar due to its greater sweetness and lower caloric value in comparison to sucrose. Sorbitol is also used in other branches of industry: in medicine (for the production of vitamin C, bacterial culture media and medicines 145,146 ); in pharmaceutics (as a sweetener in syrups, toothpaste and mouthwashes [147][148][149] ); in the chemical industry (as a chemical platform for the synthesis of many valuable chemicals 150,151 or in polymerization processes [152][153][154] ) and in cosmetics (in emulsions, moisturizers and lotions 155,156 ). Sorbitol can be produced by the hydrogenation of an equivalent mixture of fructose and glucose in a temperature range of 120-160 C over RANEY® nickel catalyst.…”