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Metabolism of xylitol. Food and intracellular metabolism are two sources for xylitol. Xylitol consumed through food is referred to as exogenous xylitol and intracellularly-produced xylitol is endogenous xylitol. As shown in the figure, xylitol from both sources shares some common steps in metabolism.
