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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mannan¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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