Product Information
Name:Carrageenan
Brand:Biosynth
Description:Carageenan is a mixture of gelling sulphated galactans extracted from red algae (typically Euchuma cottonii, Euchuma spinosum Mastocarpus stellata and Chondrus crispus). The structure of all carrageenans consists of a strictly alternating masked repeating unit of 1,3 linked α-D-galactose and 1,4 linked β-D-galactose with variable proportions of sulphate. The α-linked galactose residue occurs as α-3-6-anhydro-2-sulphate.
The images were kindly provided by Prof Mike Guiry from Cork who runs ‘The Seaweed Site’.
The images were kindly provided by Prof Mike Guiry from Cork who runs ‘The Seaweed Site’.
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Chemical properties
Color/Form:White Powder
Technical inquiry about: Carrageenan
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