Word Meanings - MANNITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash ; -- called also mannitol, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite. HO.CH2. 4.CH2.OH = D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic acid; Diosmol;

Additional info about word: MANNITE

A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash ; -- called also mannitol, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite. HO.CH2. 4.CH2.OH = D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic acid; Diosmol; Mannicol; Mannidex; Osmiktrol; Osmosal. -- used in pharmacy as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids. Used as a food additive for anti-caking properties, or as a sweetener. Also used to "cut" illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin.

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