Polysaccharides from the red seaweed Gracilaria dura (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta)

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 379-382

  Marinho Soriano, E ^a   Bourret, E ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b Lab of Phys and Molec Structures   (France)

Author keywords

3,6 anhydrogalactose; Agar yield; Gel strength; Gracilaria; Seaweed; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMERCE; GELS; NITROGEN; SEAWEED; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AGAR; GEL STRENGTH; GELLING TEMPERATURE; THAU LAGOON;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

AGAR; NITROGEN; SULFATE;

PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRANCE; LAGOON; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAWEED; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AGAR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GALACTOSE; GRACILARIA; MATERIALS TESTING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NITROGEN; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEASONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SULFATES; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIALES; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 5044224059     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2004.04.012     Document Type: Article

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