Chemical characteristics and gelling properties of agar from two Philippine Gracilaria spp. (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta)

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-34

  Montaño, Nemesio E ^a   Villanueva, Ronald D ^a   Romero, Jumelita B ^a,b  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^b Tawi Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography Sanga Sanga   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Agar; FT IR spectroscopy; Gracilaria arcuata; Gracilaria tenuistipitata; NMR spectroscopy; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

3,6 ANHYDROGALACTOSE; AGAR; AGAROBIOSE; ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMER; SULFATE; VISCOSITY;

GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA ARCUATA; GRACILARIA TENUISTIPITATA;

EID: 0032773659     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008084228609     Document Type: Article

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