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Mannitol is a type of
sugar alcohol used as a
sweetener and medication. It is used as a low
calorie sweetener as it is
poorly absorbed by the intestines...
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Mannitol salt agar or MSA is a
commonly used
selective and
differential growth medium in microbiology. It
encourages the
growth of a
group of
certain bacteria...
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Mannitol hexanitrate is a
powerful explosive. Physically, it is a
powdery solid at
normal temperature ranges, with
density of 1.73 g/cm3. The chemical...
- In enzymology, a
mannitol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.255) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction D-
mannitol + NAD+ ⇌{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
- 1-O-α-D-glucopyranosido-D-
mannitol (1,1-GPM) and 6-O-α-D-glucopyranosido-D-sorbitol (1,6-GPS). Each of
these is
composed of two sugars:
glucose and
mannitol in the case...
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Mannitol motility medium is a
bacterial growth medium used to
detect the
ability of
bacteria to
ferment mannite and
produce nitrogen gas; and to indicate...
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converts sugars to
sugar alcohols.
Mannitol is no
longer obtained from
natural sources; currently,
sorbitol and
mannitol are
obtained by
hydrogenation of...
- In enzymology, a d-
mannitol oxidase (EC 1.1.3.40) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction mannitol + O2 ⇌{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }...
- In enzymology, a
mannitol 2-dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.67) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction D-
mannitol + NAD+ ⇌{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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humans also
found benefit from
mannitol. However, a randomized, double-blind
clinical trial found no
difference between mannitol and
normal saline. Despite...