Development of an eco-friendly agar extraction technique from the red seaweed Gracilaria lemaneiformis

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3301-3305

  Li, Haiyan ^a,b   Yu, Xingju ^a   Jin, Yan ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a,c   Liu, Yuanling ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agar; Chemical bleaching; Gracilaria lemaneiformis; Photobleaching; Photolysis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL-BLEACHING; GRACILARIA LEMANEIFORMIS;

EXTRACTION; GELS; PHOTOLYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PHOTOBLEACHING;

3,6 ANHYDROGALACTOSE; PIGMENT; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EXTRACTION; GELS; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTOLYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AGAR; BIOREMEDIATION; BLEACHING; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEAWEED;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; ECOLOGY; GRACILARIA; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAWEED; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AGAR; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GALACTOSE; GRACILARIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; SEAWATER; SEAWEED; SULFATES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAODONG PENINSULA; LIAONING;

GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA ASIATICA; GRACILARIA LEMANEIFORMIS;

EID: 38849152356     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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