mannitoln.
/ˈmanɪtɒl/, U.S. /ˈmænəˌtɔl/, /ˈmænəˌtɑl/ Chemistry.
A sweet-tasting crystalline alcohol found in many plants, used extensively as a food additive, in kidney function tests, and in the manufacture of explosives. Also called mannite, (formerly) manna sugar.Mannitol occurs in three optically isomeric forms. Formula: CH2OH(CHOH)4CH2OH.
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1879 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 36 1034 Mannityl-hexsulphuric acid is obtained as an uncrystallisable liquid by dissolving mannitol in sulphuric monochloride.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 721/1 Mannitol is proved to be a hexhydric alcohol, C6H8(OH)6, by its conversion into a hexanitrate.
1939 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 61 761/2 To prepare the l-glyceraldehyde in an analogous way from l-mannitol was much more difficult, since the l-mannitol..is not yet obtainable commercially.
1951 A. Grollman Pharmacol. & Therapeutics xxxii. 750 Mannitol, a hexahydric alcohol sugar is filtered through the glomeruli but is neither reabsorbed nor excreted by the tubules.
1957 Technology July 187/2 Mannitol, which also comes from seaweed, is used by the chemical, explosive, pharmaceutical and electrical industries.
1970 H. McLeave Question of Negligence (1973) xxvii. 208 ‘Intravenous saline and mannitol,’ he murmured. His registrar injected the drug to shrink the brain and relieve the compression.
1986 Choice Aug. 10/2 You may save on kilojoules if you eat lollies..made with sweeteners such as sorbitol and mannitol but you won't save your teeth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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