English Explanatory Dictionary

mannan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plant polysaccharide that is a highly branched polymer of mannose (or galactose or glucose).
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

mannan mannans

Etymology

From mann(ose) + -an.

Derived words

antimannan arabinomannan galactoglucomannan galactomannan heteromannan lipoarabinomannan mannanase oligomannan phospholipomannan phosphomannan rhamnomannan xylomannan
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