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Definition of Mannans
1. mannan [n] - See also: mannan
Medical Definition of Mannans
1. A storage material found in plants that is comprised of mannose containing polysaccharides in association with hemicellulose. (14 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mannans
Literary usage of Mannans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"Its peculiar characteristic is that by acid hydrolysis it yields only fructose.
mannans and Galactans Two other ..."
2. A Mœso-Gothic Glossary: With an Introduction, an Outline of Mœso-Gothic by Walter William Skeat (1868)
"Manna, mans, mann, mannan, manna; pi. nom. and ace. both manna and mannans, gen.
manne, dat. mannam. ..."
3. Principles of Human Nutrition: A Study in Practical Dietetics by Whitman Howard Jordan (1912)
"... exist in such human foods as beets and turnips, spinach, cabbage, and other
vegetables that serve more or less as human food. 78. Galactans, mannans ..."
4. The Chemical Synthesis of Vital Products and the Interrelations Between by Raphael Meldola (1904)
"Tokio, б, 253 : see also Reiss as quoted above). mannans have been found in coffee
berries and coco and palm nuts (Schulze, Ber. ..."
5. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"mannans have been isolated from many other plant substances, the general method
of preparation consisting in the extraction of the material with hot 2 to 3 ..."
6. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"According to Oshima d-glucose and fucose are also formed, so that yeast gum in
all probability belongs to the complex mannans. Salep Mannan. ..."
7. Gothic Grammar: With Selections for Reading and a Glossary by Wilhelm Braune (1883)
"1) manna has some forms of the и-decl. (guma § 107). These forms we have put in
Italics: Sing. N. manna Plur. N. mans, mannans Gr. mans G. ..."
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