Gelling galactans from the algal community of Furcellaria lumbricalis and Coccotylus truncatus (the Baltic Sea, Estonia): a structure-property study.
Extraction of Furcellaria lumbricalis by potassium hydroxide solution shows that the maximum gel strength of polysaccharides separated is attained by extraction at concentration 0.16 M KOH. Crude extract from this algal species has a complicated monosaccharide composition; a drastic increase of gel strength by alkaline extraction of the polysaccharide mixture cannot be explained through the composition of a major (kappa) fraction described earlier. Alkaline treatment is also suitable for accelerating the extraction of polysaccharides from Coccotylus truncatus overlaid with thick epithelium. Viscous galactans from C. truncatus are more stable to alkali, their composition is simpler and close to iota carrageenan. The formation of mixed kappa and iota carrageenan gels as a result of simultaneous extraction of both seaweeds causes levelling of theological properties of different extraction fractions.
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D004957:Estonia; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000737:chemistry*; D005685:Galactans / Q000737:chemistry*; D005782:Gels; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000032:analysis; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
D005685:Galactans; D005782:Gels; D009005:Monosaccharides