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mannan

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mannan [′ma‚nan]
(biochemistry)
Any of a group of polysaccharides composed chiefly or entirely ofD-mannose units.


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As early as 1958, Cauna and Mannan (80) presented initial evidence that human PCs decrease in number with advanced age.
The molecular architecture of fungal walls remains elusive because of difficulty in correlating chemical composition with the ultrastructural layers and uncertainty concerning the linkages connecting major cell wall polymers: glucans, mannan, and chitin.
Mannan concurs: "It's really impossible to answer the question 'Are we doing better or worse?
 
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