The Chemical Structure of Galactans from Some New Zealand Red Algae

Botanica Marina

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 572-577

  Miller, Ian J ^a  

^a Carina Chemical Laboratories Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

13C NMR spectroscopy; Algal galactans; Chemotaxonomy; Sulfation

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; POLYSACCHARIDE; RED ALGA;

ALGAE; CALLOPHYLLIS; CALLOPHYLLIS HOMBRONIANA; CAPREOLIA IMPLEXA; CAULACANTHACEAE; CAULACANTHUS; CRASPEDOCARPUS; CRASPEDOCARPUS EROSUS; CYSTOCLONIACEAE; EUKARYOTA; GELIDIALES; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIALES; GYMNOGONGRUS; GYMNOGONGRUS TORULOSUS; HALOPHILA; KALLYMENIACEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0345446034     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2003.060     Document Type: Article

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