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Mannitol


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  • Variants

    • Diosmol
    • Hexane hexol
    • Hexanehexol
    • Hydroxy hexane
    • Hydroxyhexane
    • Manicol
    • Manita
    • Manna sugar
    • Mannite
    • Mannite sugar
    • Osmofundin
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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Mannite
  • Sources

    • found: Work cat.: NTP technical report on the carcinogenesis bioassay of D-mannitol (CAS no. 69-65-8) in F344/N rats and B6C3F₁ mice (feed study), 1982:p. 7 (a food and drug additive) p. 14 (C₆H₁₄O₆; occurs in algae, fungi, bacteria, and a variety of higher plants; used primarily in the production of chewable tablets; also used as a replacement for sugar in dietary foods; produced commercially by the reduction of glucose or sucrose)
    • found: MeSH browser, Oct. 20, 2008(Mannitol; a diuretic and renal diagnostic aid related to sorbitol; UF Osmitrol, Osmofundin. Pharm. Action: Diuretics, Osmotic; Sweetening Agents. In MeSH tree structures under: Sugar Alcohols)
    • found: Wikipedia, Oct. 20, 2008(Mannitol or hexan-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol (C₆H₈(OH)₆) is a polyol; used as an osmotic diuretic agent and a weak renal vasodilator; a sorbitol stereoisomer; it was originally isolated from the secretions of the Flowering Ash, called Manna after their resemblance to the Biblical food, and may also be referred to as: Mannite and Manna Sugar; sometimes used as an adulterant or cutting agent for heroin, methamphetamines or other illicit drugs; in popular culture, when it is used in this manner, it is often referred to as baby laxative)
    • found: ChemIndustry.com, Dec. 28, 2008(Mannitol; synonyms: Hexanehexol, Hexane hexol)
    • found: ChemBlink.com, Dec. 28, 2008(Mannite; synonyms: Diosmol, Manita, Manicol, Manna sugar, Hexanehexol)
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  • Change Notes

    • 2008-10-21: new
    • 2009-01-15: revised
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