L-arabinose, also known as gum aldose;It's a glutaraldehyde sugar.L-arabinose is rarely present in the form of monosaccharides in nature. It is usually combined with other monosaccharides and in the form of heteropolysaccharides in colloids, semi-fibrinoids,pectinic acids, bacterial polysaccharides and some glycosides.It has high stability to heat and acid.L-arabinose,a low-calorie sweetener, has been approved as a health food additive by the U.S. food and drug administration and Japan's health ministry.The most representative physiological function of l-arabinose is to selectively influence the sucrase that digests sucrose in the small intestine disaccharide hydrolase, thereby inhibiting the absorption of sucrose.It has been reported that the addition of 3.5% l-arabinose can inhibit the absorption of 60-70% sucrose, and at the same time, it also inhibits the rise of the blood glucose level by about 50%.The American medical association has listed l-arabinose as a dietary supplement or over-the-counter medicine used as an anti-obesity agent. L-arabinose has been listed as a special health food additive in the list of specific health food used by the health ministry of Japan. The ministry of health of China listed l-arabinose as a new resource food in May 2008.