Chemical structures of algal polysaccharides
Chemical structures of algal polysaccharides
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10.1533/9780857098689.1.23
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2013
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A. Usov;N. Zelinsky
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作者:
A. Usov;N. Zelinsky
Abstract: Algae are a diverse group of photosynthetic organisms containing polysaccharides as the main components of biomass. Gelling algal polysaccharides (phycocolloids), such as agars, carrageenans and alginic acids, are produced on a large scale and have a wide range of applications in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, while many related polysaccharides devoid of gelling ability are investigated as biologically active compounds. This chapter describes the present data on the chemical structures of polysaccharides obtained from the three groups of macrophytes (red, brown and green algae) and from several microalgae.