Metadata of CSIR Papers
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Mehta, GK
Meena, R Prasad, K Ganesan, M Siddhanta, AK |
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Marine & Freshwater Biology
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| Description |
Superior quality non-methylated and low-sulphated galactans were extracted from two Indian agarophytes namely Gracilaria debilis and G. salicornia growing naturally along the west coast of India, using an eco-friendly method developed in our laboratory. The galactans were characterised by FT-IR, (13)C NMR, GC-MS, ICP, GPC and rheological measurements. G. debilis produced exclusively non-methylated galactan exhibiting the greatest gel strength of 650 +/- 25 g cm(-2) and lowest sulphate of 0.21 +/- 0.06%. On the contrary, G. salicornia polysaccharide was composed of non-methylated galactose (major) and mannose (minor), having gel strength of 510 +/- 25 g cm(-2) and sulphate of 0.45 +/- 0.06%. Very low heavy metal contents were determined in both the galactan samples, which may thus be potentially useful in food and biological applications.
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SPRINGERDORDRECHTVAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS
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2011-09-20T12:03:10Z
2011-09-20T12:03:10Z 2010 |
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Article
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY
0921-8971 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12205 |
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English
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