Although, 187 years elapsed after the discovery of melezitose, it is a high time to deduce some solid applications as there are only 13 more years left to celebrate a double century of this sugar. The forgotten sugar has multifarious applications; it is used as a metabolic marker to differentiate melezitose fermenting microorganisms, as a carbon source to culture specific microorganisms, as a potential surfactant and excipient to stabilize pharmaceuticals, as a lyoprotectant or cryoprotectant for several industrial applications, as an edibility enhancer in food industry, as a hair smoothening agent in cosmetic industry, and provide protective & nourishing effects in fisheries and aquaculture industries. In entomological research, it is used to study niche differentiation, increased longevity of insects and also as a biocontrol agent. This review brings out the best possible applications of melezitose and present in the form of a mnemonic to remember this forgotten sugar.

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被遗忘的糖：松三糖多种应用综述

尽管在发现松三糖之后已经过去了 187 年，但现在是推断一些可靠应用的时候了，因为距离庆祝这种糖的双世纪只剩下 13 年了。被遗忘的糖有多种用途；它被用作区分松三糖发酵微生物的代谢标志物，作为培养特定微生物的碳源，作为稳定药物的潜在表面活性剂和赋形剂，作为多种工业应用的冻干保护剂或冷冻保护剂，作为食品工业中的食用增强剂，作为化妆品行业的头发柔顺剂，并在渔业和水产养殖行业提供保护和滋养作用。在昆虫学研究中，它被用于研究生态位分化、增加昆虫的寿命以及作为生物防治剂。