Structure and Use of Algal Sulfated Fucans and Galactans

Handbook of Marine Macroalgae: Biotechnology and Applied Phycology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 229-261

  Pomin, Vitor H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Algal SGs in red algae; Algal sulfated fucan, galactan structure; Carrageenans and agarans; Detection, quantization; Green alga C. isthmocladum; Industrially used SG; Phylogenetic implications; SFs and sulfated galactans (SGs); SFs, SGs' pharmacological effects; Sulfated polysaccharides (SPs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886036315     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119977087.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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