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An inspection of the data shows that the sugar alcohols and their anhydrides up to 3 carbon atoms in the molecule rapidly hemolyze red cells. With erythritol containing 4 carbon atoms the hemolysis is slow, but that produced by its anhydride, erythritan, is rapid. The sugar alcohols containing 5 and 6 carbon atoms in the molecule and their monoanhydrides slowly hemolyze red cells. The double anhydrides, isomannide and isosorbide, cause rapid hemolysis. Mannitol hemolyzes the red cells of several species slowly; isomannide induces rapid hemolysis of the red cells of the same species.
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