Trehalose ni disaccharide isanzwe iboneka cyane mu nyanja zo mu nyanja, ariko trehalose ikoreshwa mu nganda z’ibiribwa zigezweho ahanini ikozwe mu binyamisogwe binyuze mu guhinduranya imisemburo, kandi ikabaho no mu binyabuzima nka bagiteri, ibihumyo, udukoko, ibimera, n’inyamaswa zidafite ubuzima. Trehalose ifite ibintu bitandukanye biranga imikorere, harimo ibi bikurikira:

Ihungabana rikomeye: Trehalose nubwoko butajegajega bwa disaccharide karemano, hamwe nubushuhe buhebuje bwo gushyushya, aside, na alkali. Ifite igisubizo cyiza mubisubizo byamazi kandi ntabwo ikunda Maillard reaction. Ndetse iyo ashyutswe mubisubizo byamazi arimo aside amine na proteyine, ntabwo bizahinduka umukara.

Kwinjiza ubuhehere no kubura amazi: Trehalose ifite amazi menshi kandi irashobora kunoza ubwiza bwibiryo. Nibintu byiza cyane byangiza amazi bishobora kongera cyane kugumana ibiryo.

Igikorwa cyo kurinda ibinyabuzima: Trehalose irashobora gukora firime idasanzwe yo gukingira hejuru yingirabuzimafatizo mu bihe bibi by’ibidukikije nk’ubushyuhe bwo hejuru, ubutumburuke buri hejuru, umuvuduko ukabije wa osmotic, hamwe n’umwuma, bikarinda neza imiterere ya molekile y’ibinyabuzima kwangirika no gukomeza ubuzima n’ibiranga ibinyabuzima biranga ibinyabuzima. Irashobora kandi kurinda molekile ya ADN mu binyabuzima ibinyabuzima kwangirika kwatewe nimirase, kandi ikagira ingaruka zidasanzwe zo kurinda ibinyabuzima.