Carrageenan is a polysaccharide extracted from different species of red seaweed for use in
pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries. In Malaysia, κ-carrageenan is obtained through …

Carrageenan is a polysaccharide derived from red algae (seaweed) with enormous
economic potential in a wide range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, food …

Abstract Red alga Kappaphycus alvarezii Doty is an important commercial species widely
cultivated in southeast Asian countries for its polysaccharide, kappa-carrageenan. Common …

Kappaphycus alvarezii, Eucheuma denticulatum and, more recently, Kappaphycus
sp.'Sacol'variety, are the carrageenan-containing red seaweeds currently farmed in the …

Carrageenans are a complex family of water soluble galactans extracted from marine red
algae, especially Kappaphycus Gigartina, Eucheuma, Chondrus and Hypnea …

There are three main types of seaweed, which is red, brown and green seaweed. The most
famous is red seaweed, which contains carrageenan. Carrageenan is a generic name of …

Kappaphycus alvarezii (K. alvarezii) of India water was grafted using different colored strains
namely red (R), brown (B), and green (G) to produced four intra-generically grafted plants …

The high demand of seaweed for their polysaccharide namely carrageenan leads to the
commercial production of carrageenophytes through mariculture. Based on literatures it is …

Epiphytism of filamentous red algae is a serious problem in Kappaphycus farms in the
Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Tanzania. The causative organism of epiphyte …

With a view to findout a suitable method for carrageenan extraction from Kappaphycus
alvarezii, a detailed investigation was made on quantitative and qualitative estimation of …