Chemicals and Drugs

Carrageenan

A water-soluble extractive mixture of sulfated polysaccharides from RED ALGAE. Chief sources are the Irish moss CHONDRUS CRISPUS (Carrageen), and Gigartina stellata. It is used as a stabilizer, for suspending COCOA in chocolate manufacture, and to clarify BEVERAGES.

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A water-soluble extractive mixture of sulfated polysaccharides from RED ALGAE. Chief sources are the Irish moss CHONDRUS CRISPUS (Carrageen), and Gigartina stellata. It is used as a stabilizer, for suspending COCOA in chocolate manufacture, and to clarify BEVERAGES.

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  • Carrageenin
  • iota-Carrageenan
  • kappa-Carrageenan
  • lambda-Carrageenan
  • iota Carrageenan
  • kappa Carrageenan
  • lambda Carrageenan

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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  1. D09w.698w.152w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Carrageenan. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002351. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002351
  2. Carrageenan. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrageenan
  3. Carrageenan. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q421991