mannose

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Food Biotechnology

A hexose component of many polysaccharides, occasionally used as a carbohydrate source in plant tissue culture media.

(C₆H₁₂0₆) A six-carbon sugar. A product of hydrolysis of mannan found in the hemicellulose fraction of biomass.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) — Glossary of Biomass Terms retrieved 2014-06-15