Agar from the red seaweed, Laurencia flexilis (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) from northern Philippines

Phycological Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-156

  Villanueva, Ronald D ^a   Romero, Jumelita B ^b   Ragasa, Anita Linda R ^a,c   Montaño, Marco Nemesio E ^a  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^b Mindanao State University Tawi Tawi Tawi Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography Sanga Sanga   (Philippines)

^c MARIANO MARCOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Agar; Alkali treatment; Ceramiales; Laurencia flexilis

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GEL; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; PLANT EXTRACT; RED ALGA; RHEOLOGY; SEAWEED;

PHILIPPINES;

ALGAE; CERAMIALES; GELIDIALES; GRACILARIALES; LAURENCIA; LAURENCIA FLEXILIS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 77954433575     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2010.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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