Polyol vs. Alditol
Polyolnoun
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound having three or more hydroxyl functional groups; a polyhydric alcohol.
Polyol
A polyol is an organic compound containing multiple hydroxyl groups. The term can have slightly different meanings depending on whether it is being used in the field of food science or that of polymer chemistry.
Alditolnoun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of acyclic polyols formally derived from an aldose by reduction of the carbonyl functional group.
