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Mannitol is a type of
sugar alcohol used as a
sweetener and medication. As a sweetener, it is used in
diabetic food 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...
- disaccharides, each
composed of two sugars:
glucose and
mannitol (α-D-glucopyranosido-1,6-
mannitol) and also
glucose and
sorbitol (α-D-glucopyranosido-1...
- In enzymology, a
mannitol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.255) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction D-
mannitol + NAD+ ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
- can be
dehydrated to isosorbide.
Mannitol is no
longer obtained from
natural sources; currently,
sorbitol and
mannitol are
obtained by
hydrogenation of...
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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...
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retained in the urine. Glucose, like
mannitol, is a
sugar that can
behave as an
osmotic diuretic.
Unlike mannitol,
glucose is
commonly found in the blood...
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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 2-dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.67) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction D-
mannitol + NAD+ ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
- \rightleftharpoons } D-
mannitol +
phosphate Thus, the two
substrates of this
enzyme are D-
mannitol 1-phosphate and H2O,
whereas its two
products are D-
mannitol and phosphate...