The cell-wall polysaccharides of the red alga Kallymenia westii, collected at two different depths ( 45 and 24 m) off
the island of St Lucia (Lesser Antilles), were analyzed from dried, ground algal material and after hexadecyltrimethylammonium
bromide precipitation. Using chemical, optical, rheological, and spectroscopic (FT-IR and NMR)
techniques, they were found to be highly sulfated, complex galactans containing low levels of 3,6-anhydrogalactose,
4-O-methylgalactose, and traces of xylose. Pyruvate (0.55%) was attached to the 3-linked galactose. The phycocolloids
produced by algae belonging to the order Cryptonemiales are reviewed. The galactans of K. westii appear to
be similar to the majority of them, and, presumably, are of the λ-carrageenan family.
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Walter de Gruyter, Inc.
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1994
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The cell-wall polysaccharides of the red alga Kallymenia westii, collected at two different depths ( 45 and 24 m) off
the island of St Lucia (Lesser Antilles), were analyzed from dried, ground algal material and after hexadecyltrimethylammonium
bromide precipitation. Using chemical, optical, rheological, and spectroscopic (FT-IR and NMR)
techniques, they were found to be highly sulfated, complex galactans containing low levels of 3,6-anhydrogalactose,
4-O-methylgalactose, and traces of xylose. Pyruvate (0.55%) was attached to the 3-linked galactose. The phycocolloids
produced by algae belonging to the order Cryptonemiales are reviewed. The galactans of K. westii appear to
be similar to the majority of them, and, presumably, are of the λ-carrageenan family.
the island of St Lucia (Lesser Antilles), were analyzed from dried, ground algal material and after hexadecyltrimethylammonium
bromide precipitation. Using chemical, optical, rheological, and spectroscopic (FT-IR and NMR)
techniques, they were found to be highly sulfated, complex galactans containing low levels of 3,6-anhydrogalactose,
4-O-methylgalactose, and traces of xylose. Pyruvate (0.55%) was attached to the 3-linked galactose. The phycocolloids
produced by algae belonging to the order Cryptonemiales are reviewed. The galactans of K. westii appear to
be similar to the majority of them, and, presumably, are of the λ-carrageenan family.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 1020
This manuscript is available at http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/botm and may be cited as: Chopin, T., Hanisak, M. D., & Craigie, J. S. (1994). Carrageenans from Kallymenia westii (Rhodophycea) with a review of the Phycocolloids produced by the Cryptonemiales. Botanica Marina, 37(5), 433-444. doi:10.1515/botm.1994.37.5.433
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1994
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1994
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10.1515/botm.1994.37.5.433
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1994
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Chopin, T.
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13 p.
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Carrageenans from Kallymenia westii (Rhodophycea) with a review of the Phycocolloids produced by the Cryptonemiales
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1994
Walter de Gruyter, Inc.
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Berlin
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Carrageenans from Kallymenia westii (Rhodophycea) with a review of the Phycocolloids produced by the Cryptonemiales
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Carrageenans from Kallymenia westii (Rhodophycea) with a review of the Phycocolloids produced by the Cryptonemiales