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My doctor has prescribed me sharkoferrol syrup but while reading its composition I found that there is a substance "MALT" in it.
What is the significance of MALT ?
Is the substance MALT and "MALT" in Malt lymphoma the same thing ?
Please clear my doubts.
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Malt is an other name for sugar. I would ask you to curtail it if it is medically not very important or critical.
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Malt is the maltose sweetener in syrups. While MALT Lymphoma is mucus associated lymphoid tissue. They are definitely not related to each other.
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Ms. Shivangi Khurana Mehra
Dietitian/Nutritionist
11 yrs exp
Lucknow
Malt is short form of Maltose which is a form of sugar mainly obtained from grains and is used as a sweetner.. so in your syrup it is used to obtain sweetness in it..
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