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Vitamin C content of some macroalgae of Visakhapatnam, east coast of India

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Title Vitamin C content of some macroalgae of Visakhapatnam, east coast of India
 
Creator Sarojini, Y
Sarma, Nittala S
 
Description 408-412
Vitamin C is analysed on monthly samples of 24 species of macroalgae
collected for one year from the intertidal habitats of Visakhapatnam coast. Chlorophyll-a and
carbohydrate are also analysed. In general, the algae belonging to
Chlorophyceae and Phaeophyceae have higher annual mean contents of the vitamin
(360 and 352 μg/g respectively) than
Rhodophyceae (271 μg/g). The species which are rich in vitamin C are Padina tetrastomatica (513
μg/g), Spongomorpha indica (510) and Chaetomorpha
antennina (488). The vitamin C maxima was observed during summer for
Chlorophyceae and Phaeophyceae and during winter for Rhodophyceae. The vitamin
C showed significant positive relationship with chlorophyll - a in
Rhodophyceae and Chlorophyceae. It also showed a significant positive
relationship with carbohydrate content of the latter. The distribution of
vitamin C is associated with the morphogenetically important vegetative and
reproductive phases indicating its key role in metabolic function.
 
Date 2014-01-15T09:59:25Z
2014-01-15T09:59:25Z
1999-12
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/25719
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.28(4) [December 1999]