different between xylitol vs nonxylitol

English

From Latin xylos (“wood or cotton-tree”) + -itol (“anhydric alcohol”).

xylitol (countable and uncountable, plural xylitols)

(chemistry) a pentahydric alcohol, C₅H₁₂O₅, penta-hydroxy pentane; derived from xylose; used as a sweetener

xylitol m (plural xylitoles)

non- +? xylitol

nonxylitol (not comparable)

Not of or pertaining to xylitol.
- 1990, Eleanor Noss Whitney, Eva May Nunnelley Hamilton, Sharon Rady Rolfes, Understanding nutrition
  Children who chewed xylitol-sweetened gum three times a day for two years developed fewer dental cavities than did their classmates who chewed nonxylitol gum.

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