SPL Set ID: a89835c9-8ce5-4627-8d7d-70ff175b2e07

Lactulose is a synthetic disaccharide in solution form for oral or rectal administration. Each 15 mL of lactulose solution contains: 10 g lactulose (and less than 1.6 g galactose, less than 1.2 g lactose, and 0.1 g or less of fructose). Lactulose is a colonic acidifier for treatment and prevention of portal-systemic encephalopathy. The chemical name for lactulose is 4-O- β -D-galactopyranosyl-D-fructofuranose. It has the following structural formula: The molecular weight is 342.30. It is freely soluble in water. fb7a16b5-figure-01