Inositol is an essential carbohydrate for glucose production.
It also helps reduce the aggregation of fats in the liver.
It is naturally produced by the human body and is found in the cell membrane.
It is also found in cereals, rice.
Inositol studies
Molecular Formula: C6H12O6
Molecular Weight: 180.156 g/mol
UNII: 8LQ63P85IC 63GQX5QW03 9O6Y5O4P9W R1Y9F3N15A 6R79WV4R10 1VS4X81277 4L6452S749 4661D3JP8D 587A93P465
CAS: 87-89-8 488-54-0 488-55-1 488-58-4 488-59-5 551-72-4 576-63-6 643-10-7 643-12-9 6917-35-7 887751-76-0 36190-90-6 19030-27-4 38876-99-2 173524-45-3
EC Number: 201-781-2 230-024-9 207-682-0 207-681-5 209-000-7 211-393-5 211-394-0 610-437-4
PubChem Substance ID 329750164
MDL number MFCD00077932
Beilstein Registry Number 1907329
Synonyms:
- myo-inositol
- Scyllo-inositol
- Muco-Inositol
- i-Inositol
- L-Inositol
- L-myo-Inositol
- epi-Inositol
- Cocositol
- D-chiro-Inositol
- D-(+)-chiro-Inositol
- cis-Inositol
- mesoinositol
- Myoinosite
- Quercinitol
- Inosital
- Iso-inositol
- cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol
- cis-1,2,3,5-trans-4,6-Cyclohexanehexol
- Hexahydroxycyclohexane
- Cyclohexitol
- Phaseomannitol
- Mesoinosit
- Mesoinosite
- Scyllite
- Inosite
- Mesovit
- chiro-inositol
- Cyclohexanehexol
- Inositol, meso-
- Inositol, myo-
- D-myo-Inositol
- Inositene
- Inositina
- Phaseomannite
- Dambose
- Cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexaol
- Neo-inositol
- meso-Inositol
- Allo-inositol
- 1,2,3,5-trans-4,6-Cyclohexanehexol, cis-
- (1r,2r,3r,4r,5r,6r)-cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol
- 1,3,5/2,4,6-Hexahydroxycyclohexane
- (1R,2R,3R,4R,5S,6S)-Cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexaol
- (1R,2R,3S,4S,5S,6S)-cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol
- (1R,2R,3R,4S,5S,6s)-cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexaol
- (1R,2R,3S,4R,5r,6S)-cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexaol
- (1R,2R,3S,4S,5S,6S)-Cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexaol
- 1,2,3,4,5,6-HEXAHYDROXY-CYCLOHEXANE
- (1r,2R,3S,4s,5R,6S)-cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol
- (1s,2R,3R,4s,5S,6S)-cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol