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From: throop@cs.utexas.edu (David Throop)
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Subject: Re: Left Handed Sugar
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Date: 5 Dec 90 19:42:56 GMT
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OK, I've seen a bunch of interesting, different responses to my
original post about Left Handed Sugar.

   There still seems to be a great deal of confusion about the
chemistry and stereochemistry of the compound in question.  The
reports I saw in the polular press did not carry enough info to
identify it.  They just called it "Left Handed Sugar," indicated it
was an isomer of sucrose, and said it was indigestible.

   Anybody really know (for sure) which compound was being referenced?
This all hit the press about two years ago now.

David Throop