Cell wall polysaccharides from Australian red algae of the family solieriaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta): Highly methylated carrageenans from the genus Rhabdonia

Botanica Marina

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-59

  Chiovitti, A ^a   Liao, M L ^a   Kraft, G T ^a   Munro, S L A ^b   Craik, D J ^c   Bacic, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COCCOIDEA; GIGARTINALES; RHABDONIA; RHABDONIA COCCINEA; RHODOPHYTA; SOLIERIACEAE; VERTICILLATA;

EID: 0030461507     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/botm.1996.39.1-6.47     Document Type: Article

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