

D-(+)-Mannose (Highly Pure) by Molecular Depot is a D-(+)-mannose, the epimer of glucose at the second carbon. Mannose differs from glucose at a single carbon, and that difference is enough for the mannose receptor and the mannose binding lectin to recognise it specifically, which is how the innate immune system identifies microbial surfaces. It is used as a carbon source and reference standard in carbohydrate analysis, as a lectin inhibitor and in glycosylation and innate immunity research. Each unit contains 5 g. MBP supplies Molecular Depot carbohydrate reagents to research labs in the United States, Canada and worldwide.