D-Galactose is a component of sugars such as agar, plant gums, mucilage, raffinose, lactose, and melibiose. It exists as galactoside and galactan molecules in animal materials such as snail glands, frog eggs, and brain nerve tissue. In its free form, it is found in milk. It combines with glucose to form lactose. Oxidation with nitric acid yields mucoacid.
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D Galactose
Function
It is plant derived, low endotoxin D-galactose is specifically for biopharmaceutical use, It can serve as a key, chemically defined component to optimize protein production while reducing lactate and ammonia formation. As one of primary monosaccharides, D-Galactose can be acted as a basic start material for synthesis of many important intermediates. Certain medications contain galactose as excipient.