Tag: Osmotic agent

Derived from fruits like apples and pears, sorbitol is a sugar alcohol with multifaceted medical importance, serving as an osmotic laxative, a versatile pharmaceutical excipient, and possessing a complex metabolic profile linked to diabetic complications.

For the majority of the world's population, lactase activity naturally declines after infancy. This reduced ability to digest milk sugar is the key to understanding why, for many people, lactose is an osmotic agent, directly impacting their digestive health after consuming dairy products.