Viscumitol
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Viscumitol is a cyclitol
Cyclitol
Cyclitols are cycloalkanes containing one hydroxyl group on three or more ring atoms. They are cyclic polyols. Cyclitols are one of the compatible solutes which are formed in a plant as a response to salt or water stress...

. It is a dimethyl-ether of muco-inositol
Muco-inositol
muco-Inositol is one of the stereoisomers of inositol.-See also:*allo-Inositol*cis-Inositol*D-chiro-Inositol*L-chiro-Inositol*epi-Inositol*neo-Inositol*scyllo-Inositol...

 that can be isolated from Viscum album
Viscum album
Viscum album is a species of mistletoe, the species originally so-named, and also known as European Mistletoe or Common Mistletoe to distinguish it from other related species...

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