Arabinose is an aldopentose a monosaccharide, In synthetic biology, often used as a one-way or reversible switch for protein expression under the Pbad promoter in E. coli. As well as arabinose is an inhibitor of sucrase, the enzyme that breaks down sucrose into glucose and fructose in the small intestine. Therefore, arabinose could be used in foods to attenuate the peak of glycemic response.

Function:

Reduced sugar, low GI foods

Gut-regulating foods

Application:

1.Food and beverages: diabetic food, diet food, health functional food, sucrose additives , baking food , milk and so on

2 . pharmaceutical field:  L-arabinose can be used as additives or excipients of proprietary medicines in Prescription and OTC drugs for glucose control and weight loss.