any of a group of polysaccharides, found in the ivory nut, carob bean, and the like, that yield mannose upon hydrolysis
Word origin
[1890–95; mann(ose) + -an]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blip, bootstrap, cholesterol, honky-tonk, phoneme-an is a suffix occurring originally in adjectives borrowed from Latin, formed from nounsdenoting places (Roman; urban) or persons (Augustan), and now productively forming English adjectives by extension of the Latin pattern.Attached to geographical names, it denotes provenance or membership (American; Chicagoan), the latter sense now extended to membership in social classes, religious denominations,etc., in adjectives formed from various kinds of noun bases (Episcopalian; pedestrian; Puritan; Republican) and membership in zoological taxa (acanthocephalan; crustacean). Attached to personal names, it has the additional senses “contemporary with” (Elizabethan; Jacobean) or “proponent of” (Hegelian; Freudian) the person specified by the noun base. It also occurs in a set of personal nouns,mainly loanwords from French, denoting one who engages in, practices, or works withthe referent of the base noun (comedian; grammarian; historian; theologian)
Examples of 'mannan' in a sentence
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Structural similarities extended primarily to the polysaccharide backbone (α-1,6-mannan and β-1,6-glucan).
Eddie Dominguez, Robert Zarnowski, Hiram Sanchez, Antonio S. Covelli, William M. Westler,Parastoo Azadi, Jeniel Nett, Aaron P. Mitchell, David R. Andes, J. Andrew Alspaugh 2018, 'Conservation and Divergence in the Candida Species Biofilm Matrix Mannan-Glucan ComplexStructure, Function, and Genetic Control', mBiohttp://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/9/2/e00451-18. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The reduced motility was partially reversed by mannan, a mannose receptor inhibitor.
Sabrina Hupp, Denis Grandgirard, Timothy J. Mitchell, Stephen L. Leib, Lucy J. Hathaway,Asparouh I. Iliev 2019, 'Pneumolysin and the bacterial capsule of Streptococcus pneumoniae cooperatively inhibittaxis and motility of microglia', Journal of Neuroinflammationhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12974-019-1491-7. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Microorganisms are able to produce secondary metabolites such as β -glucan, mannan oligosaccharides and anti-cancer.
Cahya Setya Utama, Bambang Sulistiyanto, Bhakti Etza Setiani 2013, 'Profil Mikrobiologis Pollard yang Difermentasi dengan Ekstrak Limbah Pasar Sayur padaLama Peram yang Berbeda', Jurnal Agripethttp://jurnal.unsyiah.ac.id/agripet/article/view/816. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The diet containing 10% mannan was the one that promoted the greatest excretion of cholesterol.
Saula Goulart Chaud, Valdemiro Carlos Sgarbieri, Eduardo Vicente 2008, 'Influência de frações da parede celular de levedura (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) sobrealguns parâmetros nutricionais de ratos em crescimento Influence of yeast (Saccharomycescerevisiae) cell wall fractions on some nutritional parameters of growing rats', Revista de Nutriçãohttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-52732008000200002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Antibodies against the fungal cell wall component mannan are elevated in spondyloarthritis.
Martin Laurence, Mark Asquith, James T. Rosenbaum, James T. Rosenbaum, James T. Rosenbaum,James T. Rosenbaum 2018, 'Spondyloarthritis, Acute Anterior Uveitis, and Fungi: Updating the Catterall–KingHypothesis', Frontiers in Medicinehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2018.00080/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Acrocomia aculeata (macaw palm), usually produces hard seeds whose endosperm has mannan-rich cell walls.
Elisa Monteze Bicalho, Sérgio Yoshimitsu Motoike, Eduardo Euclydes de Lima e Borges,Glauciana da Mata Ataíde, Valéria Monteze Guimarães 2016, 'Enzyme activity and reserve mobilization during Macaw palm ( Acrocomia aculeata )seed germination', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062016005007103&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our studies suggest no role for mannan as an inflammatory regulator during fungal allergy.
D. Betty Lew, Kim S. LeMessurier, Maneesha Palipane, Yanyan Lin, Amali E. Samarasinghe 2018, 'Saccharomyces cerevisiae-Derived Mannan Does Not Alter Immune Responses to AspergillusAllergens', BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3298378. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It possesses acemannan (acetylated mannan), which has a significant pharmacological property.
Ening Wiedosari 2007, 'Role of Natural Immunomodulator (Aloe Vera) in Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses',Wartazoahttp://medpub.litbang.pertanian.go.id/index.php/wartazoa/article/view/871/880. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The addition of mannan did not affect feed consumption.
M. Tafsin, L.A. Sofyan, N. Ramli, K.G. Wiryawan, K. Zarkasie, W.G. Piliang 2007, 'Polisakarida Mengandung Mannan dari Bungkil Inti Sawit Sebagai Antimikroba Salmonellatyphimurium pada Ayam', Media Peternakanhttp://medpet.journal.ipb.ac.id/index.php/mediapeternakan/article/view/1003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)