D-Trehalose
Trehalose is a nonreducing sugar formed from two glucose units that is resistant to acid hydrolysis and therefore, is stable in solution at high temperatures, even under acidic conditions. Nutritionally, Trehalose is equivalent to glucose, because it is rapidly broken down into glucose, so deficiency in humans is unusual. Trehalose induces autophagy via an mTOR pathway, which has had treatment implications in Huntington’s disease, Parkinson disease or taupathies. Oral trehalose shows antidepressant properties in mouse models and can prevent fructose from entering the liver. It has also been suggested as a possible treatment for fatty liver disease due to its observed autophagy in high-fat liver cells.
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