Mannitol is a type of sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and medication. It is used as a low calorie sweetener as it is poorly absorbed by the intestines...

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...

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...

converting sugars to sugar alcohols. Mannitol is no longer obtained from natural sources; currently, sorbitol and mannitol are obtained by hydrogenation of...

1-O-α-D-glucopyranosido-D-mannitol (1,1-GPM) and 6-O-α-D-glucopyranosido-D-sorbitol (1,6-GPS). Each of these is composed of two sugars: glucose and mannitol in the case...

In enzymology, a mannitol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.255) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction D-mannitol + NAD+ ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...

Mannitol motility medium is a bacterial growth medium used to detect the ability of bacteria to ferment mannite and produce nitrogen gas; and to indicate...

enzyme mannitol-1-phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.22) catalyzes the reaction D-mannitol 1-phosphate + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } D-mannitol + phosphate...

In enzymology, a mannitol 2-dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.67) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction D-mannitol + NAD+ ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...

humans also found benefit from mannitol. However, a randomized, double-blind clinical trial found no difference between mannitol and normal saline. Despite...

urine.[citation needed] Glucose, like mannitol, is a sugar that can behave as an osmotic diuretic. Unlike mannitol, glucose is commonly found in the blood...

In enzymology, a d-mannitol oxidase (EC 1.1.3.40) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction mannitol + O2 ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...

In enzymology, a mannitol 2-dehydrogenase (NADP+) (EC 1.1.1.138) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction D-mannitol + NADP+ ⇌ {\displaystyle...

In enzymology, a mannitol-1-phosphate 5-dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.17) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction D-mannitol 1-phosphate + NAD+ ⇌...

In enzymology, a mannitol dehydrogenase (cytochrome) (EC 1.1.2.2) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction D-mannitol + ferricytochrome c ⇌ {\displaystyle...

The PTS Fructose-Mannitol (Fru) Family (TC# 4.A.2) is a large and complex family that is part of the PTS-GFL superfamily. It includes several sequenced...

reductase (1,5-anhydro-D-mannitol-forming) (EC 1.1.1.292) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction 1,5-anhydro-D-mannitol + NADP+ ⇌ {\displaystyle...

Mitobronitol (1,6-dibromo-1,6-dideoxy-D-mannitol) is a brominated analog of mannitol. It is an anticancer drug that is also classified as an alkylating...

currently controversial. When compared to mannitol, hypertonic saline has been shown to be as effective as mannitol in decreased ICP in neurocritical care...

renal failure, hyperkalemia and hemolysis. If mannitol is administered, the dosage used is mannitol 20% solution of 1-1.5 g/kg, followed by 0.25-1 g/kg...

sweetness as sucrose, but is sweeter than similar compounds like sorbitol and mannitol. Xylitol is stable enough to be used in baking, but because xylitol and...

renal filtrate. This fluid eventually becomes urine. Two examples are mannitol and isosorbide. In the nephron, osmotic diuretics act at the portions of...

cholerae and related bacteria. MtlS is found in the mannitol operon, which encodes the mannitol-specific phosphotransferase system. The MtlS RNA is expressed...

diagnosis of the syndrome improves outcomes. Treatment is supportive; mannitol may be used to help with the brain swelling. The first detailed description...

6-reductase (EC 1.1.1.224) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction D-mannitol 1-phosphate + NADP+ ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } D-mannose 6-phosphate...

fructose by sorbitol-6-phosphate 2-dehydrogenase. Sorbitol is an isomer of mannitol, another sugar alcohol; the two differ only in the orientation of the hydroxyl...

lacks the amino acid histidine. Mannitol salt agar is selective for gram-positive bacteria and differential for mannitol. Xylose lysine deoxycholate is...

adjacent carbon atoms, (R1,R2)=C(OH)−C(OH)=(R3,R4)) such as glycerol and mannitol. The tetrahydroxyborate anion formed in the dissolution spontaneously reacts...

monosaccharides (fructose), and sugar alcohols (polyols), such as sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, and maltitol. Most FODMAPs are naturally present in food and...

Biochemical characteristics Oxidase - Catalase - Glucose - Lactose + Sucrose + Mannitol + Starch + Liquid hydrolysis + Indole - Methyl red - Voges-Proskauer -...