Extraction and characterization of agar from Australian Pterocladia lucida

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-48

  Chiovitti, Anthony ^a   McManus, Luke J ^a   Kraft, Gerald T ^a   Bacic, Antony ^a   Liao, Ming Long ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agar; Australia; Freeze thaw; Gel setting behaviour; Gel strength; Polysaccharide; Pterocladia lucida; Texture profile analysis

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

PTEROCLADIA; PTEROCLADIA LUCIDA;

EID: 1842588355     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JAPH.0000019073.60268.58     Document Type: Article

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