Glycerol, called glycerine in British English and glycerin in American English, is a simple triol compound.
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15 Facts About Glycerol
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Glycerol is generally obtained from plant and animal sources where it occurs in triglycerides, esters of glycerol with long-chain carboxylic acids.
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Glycerol has a caloric density similar to table sugar, but a lower glycemic index and different metabolic pathway within the body, so some dietary advocates accept glycerol as a sweetener compatible with low-carbohydrate diets.
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Glycerol is used in medical, pharmaceutical and personal care preparations, often as a means of improving smoothness, providing lubrication, and as a humectant.
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Glycerol is used in blood banking to preserve red blood cells prior to freezing.
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Glycerol has been incorporated as a component of bio-ink formulations in the field of bioprinting.
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Glycerol is a stable preserving agent for botanical extracts that, when utilized in proper concentrations in an extraction solvent base, does not allow inverting or mitigates reduction-oxidation of a finished extract's constituents, even over several years.
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Glycerol is bacteriostatic in its action, and ethanol is bactericidal in its action.
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Glycerol was historically used as an anti-freeze for automotive applications before being replaced by ethylene glycol, which has a lower freezing point.
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Glycerol is used to produce nitroglycerin, which is an essential ingredient of various explosives such as dynamite, gelignite, and propellants like cordite.
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Glycerol is used as fill for pressure gauges to damp vibration.
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Glycerol, when poured into a gauge to replace the air space, reduces the harmonic vibrations that are transmitted to the needle, increasing the lifetime and reliability of the gauge.
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Glycerol is used by the film industry when filming scenes involving water to stop areas from drying out too quickly.
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Glycerol is used to power diesel generators supplying electricity for the FIA Formula E series of electric race cars.
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Glycerol metabolism is reduced in both cirrhosis and fatty liver disease.
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