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mannite

N ผลึก น้ำตาล ที่ ได้ จาก พืช หรือ สัตว์  nam-tan-ti-dai-jak-sad

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MANNITE

Man "nite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. mannite. ]

 

1. (Chem. )

 

Defn: A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus ); -- called also mannitol, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite. HO. CH2.(CHOH )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 " (dilute ) illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin. ("excipient " use )

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron.