Chem. [f. SORB1.] = SORBITOL.
1854. Fownes’ Chem. (ed. 5), 404. Sorbin is, however, no sugar; it is not capable of fermenting.
1857. Miller, Elem. Chem., Org., ii. § 2. 72. Sorbin,… from berries of mountain ash.
Hence Sorbinose sb. (See quot.)
1894. Watts’ Dict. Chem., IV. 497/1. Sorbinose,… an unfermentable sugar obtained from the fermented juice of mountain-ash berries.
