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mannan
[ man-an, -uhn ]
/ ˈmæn æn, -ən /
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noun Biochemistry.
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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How to use mannan in a sentence
Mannan bears the same relation to mannose that starch does to glucose and inulin to fructose.
The Chemistry of Plant Life|Roscoe Wilfred ThatcherOncnawa nu, urh as word, sone mannan acennedne of mdenlicum lichaman.
God a geworhte nne mannan of lme, and him on ableow gast, lf.