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Studies on phycocolloid contents from seaweeds of south Tamil Nadu coast

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Title Studies on phycocolloid contents from seaweeds of south Tamil Nadu coast
 
Creator Kaliaperumal, N
Kalimuthu, S
Ramalingam, J R
 
Subject Biochemical composition
Seaweed
 
Description Studies were made on agar from 8 red algae and algin from 10 brown algae collected
from Tuticorin, Manapad, Tiruchendur, ldinthakarai and Kovalam along south Tamil Nadu
Coast. The yield of agar varied from 18.0 to 48.3% and gel strength from 9 to 117 gm/sq.
cm. The algin content ranged from 8.7 to 34.0%. These agar and algin yielding seaweeds
can be exploited from the above places and used as additional source of raw material
for the production of agar and sodium alginate.
 
Date 1990
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/5925/1/Article_02.pdf
Kaliaperumal, N and Kalimuthu, S and Ramalingam, J R (1990) Studies on phycocolloid contents from seaweeds of south Tamil Nadu coast. Seaweed Research and Utilisation, 12 (1 & 2). pp. 115-119.