In this paper, we investigate the role of two active constituents isolated from the leaves of Egyptian medicinal plants. D-mannitol a naturally occurring sugar isolated from the leaves Ixora undulata Roxb., and the pectin a linear chain homogalacturonan (HG) polysaccharide isolated from the leaves of Linum grandiflorum Desf. (scarlet flax). Both are evaluated for their therapeutic effect agains...

Vacuum foam drying is evaluated as an alternative for lyophilization for enhanced process and storage stability of bovine serum albumin. The protein protective efficiency of different stabilizers was compared in vacuum foam drying and lyophilization. Sucrose mixtures produced better foam characters than mannitol. Unlike calcium lactate, incorporation of polyvinyl pyrrolidone to sucrose synergis...

Macroalgae (seaweeds) are key primary producers in marine coastal habitats and largely contribute to global ocean carbon fluxes. They also represent attractive renewable feedstock for the production of biofuels, food, feed, bioactive. Brown algae seaweeds that produce alginates fucose containing sulfated polysaccharides their cell wall laminarin mannitol storage. The availability genomes kelp S...

IN this issue of ANESTHESIOLOGY, Rozet et al. present the findings of a comprehensive study comparing two hyperosmolar agents, hypertonic saline (HS) and mannitol, for brain relaxation during craniotomy. This work calls into question whether sufficient information is now available to advocate substitution of mannitol with HS to promote brain relaxation during routine craniotomy. It was discover...

Mannitol is the most abundant sugar alcohol in nature, occurring in bacteria, fungi, lichens, and many species of vascular plants. Celery (Apium graveolens L.), a plant that forms mannitol photosynthetically, has high photosynthetic rates thought to results from intrinsic differences in the biosynthesis of hexitols vs. sugars. Celery also exhibits high salt tolerance due to the function of mann...

BARR, LLOYD, AND RICHARD L. MALVIN. Estimation ofextracellular spaces of smooth muscle using di$erent-sized molecules. Am. J. Physiol. 208(5) : IO@-1045. Ig65.-The apparent fraction of tissue water available as solvent was determined for a number of test substances: urea, arabinose, mannitol, sucrose, raffinose, inulin, and radioiodinated serum albumin. The apparent extracellular spaces decreas...

Our previous observation that host plant extracts induce production and secretion of mannitol in the tobacco pathogen Alternaria alternata suggested that, like their animal counterparts, plant pathogenic fungi might produce the reactive oxygen quencher mannitol as a means of suppressing reactive oxygen-mediated plant defenses. The concurrent discovery that pathogen attack induced mannitol dehyd...

BARR, LLOYD, AND RICHARD L. MALVIN. Estimation ofextracellular spaces of smooth muscle using di$erent-sized molecules. Am. J. Physiol. 208(5) : IO@-1045. Ig65.-The apparent fraction of tissue water available as solvent was determined for a number of test substances: urea, arabinose, mannitol, sucrose, raffinose, inulin, and radioiodinated serum albumin. The apparent extracellular spaces decreas...

Mannitol is a major deterioration product of Leuconstoc mesenteroides bacterial metabolism of sucrose and fructose from both sugarcane and sugar beet. The effect of crystallization conditions on the mannitol partition coefficient (K(eff)) between impure sucrose syrup and crystal has been investigated in a batch laboratory crystallizer and a batch pilot plant-scale vacuum pan. Laboratory crystal...