Isolation and some characterization of an acidic polysaccharide with anti-calcification activity from coccoliths of a marine alga, Pleurochrysis carterae

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2330-2333

  Ozaki, Noriaki ^a   Sakuda, Shohei ^a   Nagasawa, Hiromichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acidic polysaccharide; Biomineralization; Calcification; Coccolith; Pleurochrysis carterae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COCCOLITHOPHORACEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PLEUROCHRYSIS CARTERAE;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH;

ALGAE; ANIMAL; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035488515     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.2330     Document Type: Article

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