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mannan

[ man-an, -uhn ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. any of a group of polysaccharides, found in the ivory nut, carob bean, and the like, that yield mannose upon hydrolysis.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mannan1

First recorded in 1890–95; mann(ose) + -an
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Example Sentences

Mannan bears the same relation to mannose that starch does to glucose and inulin to fructose.

Oncnawa nu, urh as word, sone mannan acennedne of mdenlicum lichaman.

God a geworhte nne mannan of lme, and him on ableow gast, lf.

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