Physicochemical characterization of carrageenan fromGigartina teedii (Rooth) Lamouroux (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)

Autor: Joël Cosson, Eric Deslandes, M. Zinoun
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Phycology. 5:23-28
ISSN: 1573-5176
0921-8971
DOI: 10.1007/bf02182418
Popis: The phycocolloids of female gametophytes ofGigartina teedii (Roth) Lamouroux harvested in Roscoff (Brittany, France) are a hybrid carrageenan resulting from juxtaposition of fragments of kappa-, iota-and nu-carrageenan. They represent 70% of the dry matter of the alga in summer. After alkaline transformation the proportion of iota-carrageenan increased to 76%, demonstrating the presence of nu-carrageenan. Absence of mu-carrageenan, the precursor of kappa-carrageenan, suggests that iota-carrageenan is desulfated enzymically to kappa-carrageenan.
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