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What is laminarin and mannitol?

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Mannitol and laminarin:
Reserve food of brown algae.
They are present in the form of carbohydrates.
Mannitol: sugar alcohol form of mannose and produced through the reduction of mannose.
Laminarin: Linear polysaccharide form of mannitol and produced from photosynthesis.

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