trehalose

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Scope note
Crystalline sugar, a disaccharide, stored instead of starch in some fungi, algae, and insects. Industrially manufactured trehalose has been used in combination with lactitol as a sugar-alcohol saturation treatment in the conservation of archaeological waterlogged wood.
trehalose
Accepted term: 05-Jan-2026