Definition of Mannite

1. n. A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannitol, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite.

Definition of Mannite

1. Noun. (dated organic compound) mannitol ¹

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Definition of Mannite

1. mannitol [n -S] : MANNITIC [adj] - See also: mannitol

Medical Definition of Mannite

1. 1. A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); called also mannitol, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite. (MI11) HO.CH2.(CHOH)4.CH2.OH = D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic acid; Diosmol; Mannicol; Mannidex; Osmiktrol; Osmosal. Used in pharmacy as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids. Used as a food additive for anti-caking properties, or as a sweetener. Also used to "cut" (dilute) illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin. ("excipient" use) 2. A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron. Origin: Cf. F. Mannite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mannite

mannerpunk
manners
mannich bases
mannide
mannies
mannikin
mannikins
manning
mannish
mannishly
mannishness
mannishnesses
mannitan
mannitate
mannitates
mannite (current term)
mannites
mannitic
mannitol
mannitol - mannose 1-oxidoreductase
mannitol dehydrogenase
mannitol hexanitrate
mannitol phosphates
mannitols
mannitose
mannoheptulose
mannokinase
mannomustine
mannonate
mannonates

Literary usage of Mannite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"It is highly deliquescent, passing gradually into mannite when it is exposed to a moist atmosphere. Exposed in an open vessel to the air in the usual state, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"AUGUST 24, 1917] SCIENCE that mannite could be isolated from practically every sample of normal corn silage. The alcoholic extract from dried silage yielded ..."

3. Fownes Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical: A New American from by George Fownes (1885)
"mannite, heated with organic acids, forms compound ethers, after the manner of alcohols in general, the elements of the mannite and the acid uniting ..."

4. Elements of Chemistry by Victor Regnault, James Curtis Booth, William L. Faber (1865)
"mannite, which is a substance widely scattered through the vegetable organization, exists in the proportion of 60 per cent, in manna, the dried juice which ..."

5. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1857)
"The author has observed this production of mannite on many of these Algae, ... It has been supposed that the production of mannite by these plants was due ..."

6. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1869)
"Ordinary glucose (grape-sugar) is converted into mannite by the action of ... 572), and, on the other hand, mannite when slowly oxidized in contact with ..."

7. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"In a few cases as much as ^5 of the mannite employed was converted into sugar. This sugar resembles glucose, but has not yet been obtained in a crystalline ..."

8. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1862)
"1-') under the influence of pla- tinum-black, see mannite. D. From Oxalate of Ethyl. — When this compound is brought in contact with sodium-amalgam at low ..."

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