Medical Definition of D mannose
1.
Hexose identical to D glucose except that the orientation of the H and OH on carbon 2 are interchanged (i.e. The 2 epimer of glucose). Found as constituent of polysaccharides and glycoproteins.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of D Mannose
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