Mannose is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 181 anagrams from letters in mannose (aemnnos).
First recorded in 1885-90; mann(a) + -ose2
The process is reversible; mannose can be converted to mannonic acid, thence to gluconic acid, thence to glucose.
The hydrazones of the common sugars, with the exception of the one from mannose, are colorless compounds, easily soluble in water.
The osones from glucose, mannose, and fructose are identical.
It appears to be resolved by ultimate hydrolysis into dextrose and mannose.
Mannan bears the same relation to mannose that starch does to glucose and inulin to fructose.