TABLE 5.

Xeroprotective effect of 10% (wt/vol) individual components of the synthetic mixtures and combinations of two components, including the reducing sugar and one additional component from samples S4J2A2-S, S4J2A2-D, S4J27-S, and S4J27-D

Component	Xeroprotective effect relative to that of trehalose (%)
MilliQ water	23.11 ± 13.07
Trehalose	100 ± 13.97
S4J2A2-S	85.40 ± 18.04
S4J2A2-D	106.13 ± 18.34
S4J27-S	126.22 ± 16.46
Glucose	14.08 ± 6.13
Fructose	23.32 ± 4.04
Glutamic acid	46.87 ± 44.78
Acetate	36.19 ± 20.58
Glucuronic acid	25.69 ± 17.20
Glutamine	41.06 ± 11.95
Lactate	39.56 ± 2.24
β-Hydroxybutyrate	34.39 ± 4.77
Glucose + glucuronic acid	0
Glucose + glutamine	0
Glucose + β-hydroxybutyrate	3.08 ± 2.19
Glucose + glutamic acid	6.73 ± 3.53
Fructose + glutamic acid	0
Fructose + β-hydroxybutyrate	0