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mannite

American  
[man-ahyt] / ˈmæn aɪt /

noun

  1. mannitol.


Etymology

Origin of mannite

First recorded in 1820–30; mann(ose) + -ite 1

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If borax is present the carbon dioxide is boiled off after neutralizing exactly to methyl orange; cool, add mannite and phenolphthalein and titrate the boric acid with standard alkali.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen

Employing gallic acid derivatives, especially the tribenzoyl compounds, coupled with glucose, e.g., mannite, yielded a neutral ester of molecular weight 2,967.

From Synthetic Tannins by Georg Grasser

"Muscarin" is the leading active principle of the Fly Agaric, in conjunction with agaricin, mycose, and mannite.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

This root, and the flowers, have an odour of anise, which is due to their containing some volatile oil identical with mannite.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

It consists principally of a kind of grape sugar and about 5 %. of the substance called mannite.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris

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