Hybrid Carrageenans Versus Kappa–Iota-Carrageenan Blends: A Comparative Study of Hydrogel Elastic Properties [PDF]
GelsA comparison between the gel properties of blends of kappa- and iota-carrageenans (K+Is) and hybrid carrageenans (KIs) with equivalent chemical compositions is here presented.
Maria Alice Freitas Monteiro +3 more
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Carrageenans as biostimulants and bio-elicitors: plant growth and defense responses [PDF]
Stress BiologyIn the context of climate change, the need to ensure food security and safety has taken center stage. Chemical fertilizers and pesticides are traditionally used to achieve higher plant productivity and improved plant protection from biotic stresses ...
Md. Motaher Hossain +7 more
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Carrageenans from Red Seaweeds As Promoters of Growth and Elicitors of Defense Response in Plants
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016 Plants incessantly encounter abiotic and biotic stresses that limit their growth and productivity. However, conversely, plant growth can also be induced by treatments with various abiotic and biotic elicitors.
Jai Singh Patel +2 more
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Role of the Molecular Mass on the Elastic Properties of Hybrid Carrageenan Hydrogels [PDF]
GelsA set of carrageenans produced in the potassium form and with chemical structures varying from pure iota-carrageenans to nearly pure kappa-carrageenans is submitted to ultrasonication to reduce their molecular masses Mw while maintaining a constant ...
Gabriela Gonçalves +3 more
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Bioactivity of Carrageenans in Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Diseases
Nutraceuticals, 2022 The high incidence of changes in the lipid profile in the world population is supported by the adoption of a lifestyle with numerous risk factors. Dyslipidemia, the main alteration in the lipid profile, is characterized by increased concentrations of ...
Ana Valado +4 more
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Antiviral Activity of Carrageenans and Processing Implications
Marine Drugs, 2021 Carrageenan and carrageenan oligosaccharides are red seaweed sulfated carbohydrates with well-known antiviral properties, mainly through the blocking of the viral attachment stage. They also exhibit other interesting biological properties and can be used
Milena Álvarez-Viñas +5 more
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Biocatalytic Conversion of Carrageenans for the Production of 3,6-Anhydro-D-galactose. [PDF]
J Agric Food ChemMarine biomass stands out as a sustainable resource for generating value-added chemicals. In particular, anhydrosugars derived from carrageenans exhibit a variety of biological functions, rendering them highly promising for utilization and cascading in ...
Fuchs A, Romeis D, Hupfeld E, Sieber V.
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The Use of FTIR Spectroscopy as a Tool for the Seasonal Variation Analysis and for the Quality Control of Polysaccharides from Seaweeds [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2023 Macroalgae are a potentially novel source of nutrition and biologically active molecules. Proliferative species such as Eucheuma denticulatum, Solieria chordalis (red algae) and Sargassum muticum (brown alga) constitute a huge biomass that can be ...
Laurent Vandanjon +6 more
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Heliyon, 2021 In the production of biopolymers, the processing operations (e.g. extraction and drying) involve some degradation of the polysaccharide-causing structural and functional changes in final products.
Kairit Eha +4 more
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Comparative study of HIV-1 inhibition efficiency by carrageenans from red seaweeds family gigartinaceae, Tichocarpaceae and Phyllophoraceae [PDF]
HeliyonThe efficiency of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) inhibition by sulfated polysaccharides isolated from the various families of red algae of the Far East Pacific coast were studied.
Andrey Shulgin +6 more
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