Low-molecular-mass carbohydrates and soluble polysaccharides of green and red morphs of Gracilaria domingensis (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta)

Botanica Marina

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 314-317

  Guimarães, Melina ^a   Viana, Adriano Gonçalves ^b   Rabello Duarte, Maria Eugênia ^b   Ascêncio, Sérgio Donizeti ^b   Plastino, Estela Maria ^a   Noseda, Miguel Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agaran; Floridean starch; Floridoside; Gracilaria; Phycocolloids; Pigment morphs

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLOR MORPH; MONOSACCHARIDE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; RED ALGA; SPECTROSCOPY;

GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA DOMINGENSIS; GRACILARIALES; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 37149049888     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2007.036     Document Type: Article

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