Polysaccharides composition from tropical brown seaweeds

Phycological Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 305-315

  García Ríos, Virginia ^a   Ríos Leal, Elvira ^b   Robledo, Daniel ^a   Freile Pelegrin, Yolanda ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alginate; Dictyota caribaea; Fucoidan; Padina perindusiata; Sargassum filipendula; Turbinaria turbinata

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868153207     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2012.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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