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. 2018 May 18;27(8):256–262. doi: 10.1007/s40629-018-0069-8

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Sugar oxidation of mannan carbohydrate backbone. Mannan oxidation with sodium periodate (NaIO4) breaks the mannopyranose rings within the polymannose backbone between the adjacent hydroxyl groups at positions C3 and C4 generating highly reactive and unstable aldehyde groups