Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Inosite \In"o*site\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, strength, muscle.] (Physiol.
   Chem.)
   A white crystalline substance with a sweet taste, found in
   certain animal tissues and fluids, particularly in the
   muscles of the heart and lungs, also in some plants, as in
   unripe pease, beans, potato sprouts, etc. Called also
   {phaseomannite}.

   Note: Chemically,it has the composition represented by the
         formula, {C6H12O6+H2O}, and was formerly regarded as a
         carbohydrate, isomeric with dextrose, but is now known
         to be an aromatic compound (a hexacid phenol derivative
         of benzene).