Ciceritol is a

cyclitol In organic chemistry, a cyclitol is a cycloalkane containing at least three hydroxyl, each attached to a different ring carbon atom. The general formula for an unsubstituted cyclitol is or where 3 ≤ ''x'' ≤ ''n''. The name is also used for ...

. It is a

pinitol Pinitol is a cyclitol, a cyclic polyol. It is a known anti-diabetic agent isolated from ''Sutherlandia frutescens'' leaves. Gall plant tannins can be differentiated by their content of pinitol. It was first identified in the sugar pine (''Pinus la ...

digalactoside that can be isolated from seeds of

chickpea The chickpea or chick pea (''Cicer arietinum'') is an annual plant, annual legume of the family (biology), family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, cultivated for its edible seeds. Its different types are variously known as gram," Bengal gram, ga ...

lentil The lentil (''Vicia lens'' or ''Lens culinaris'') is an annual plant, annual legume grown for its Lens (geometry), lens-shaped edible seeds or ''pulses'', also called ''lentils''. It is about tall, and the seeds grow in Legume, pods, usually w ...

and white lupin.

References

Cyclitols Galactosides {{alkanederivative-stub