Lactulose
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- What is lactulose? Lactulose is a sugar which is not metabolized and absorbed by the body.
- Lactulose is a disaccharide: a sugar molecule composed of two smaller sugar molecules bonded together, in this case fructose and galactose.
- DESCRIPTION Lactulose is a semisynthetic disaccharide comprised of the sugars D-galactose and D-fructose.
- Non-proprietary How does it work? Lactulose is known as an 'osmotic laxative'.
- 0 Lactulose is a colonic acidifier which promotes laxation.
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