mannite
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mannite
Example Sentences
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Chemically the wild Lettuce contains lactucin, lactucopricin, asparagin, mannite, albumen, gum, and resin, together with oxalic, malic, and citric acids; thus possessing virtues for easing pain, and inducing sleep.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
A great many substances are found in plants, such as wax, mannite, "extractive matter," citric, malic, and other acids, of the nutritive value of which very little is known.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
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
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
Carbohydrates.—The largest part of the dry matter of the mushrooms is made up of various carbohydrates, including cellulose or fungocellulose, glycogen, mycoinuline, trehalose, mannite, glucose, and other related substances.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
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