Cellulose acetate membrane electrophoresis and FTIR spectroscopy as methods of identifying a fucoidan in Fucusvesiculosus Linnaeus.
Carbohydr Res
; 345(18): 2676-82, 2010 Dec 10.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21055732
ABSTRACT
A fucoidan from brown algae such as the common bladder wrack (Fucusvesiculosus Linnaeus) is now widely examined in many countries for its interesting biological and therapeutic properties. In this study, the fucoidan was identified during extraction in hydrochloric acid; its presence was confirmed by FTIR spectroscopy. Two slightly different structures were found in real samples of dried bladder wrack supplied by Flos and Witherba, by comparing them with a reference sample of F. vesiculosus L. A simple, repeatable analytical procedure was developed using apparatus for cellulose acetate membrane electrophoresis and this was supplemented by semi-quantitative analysis.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Polysaccharides
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Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
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Phaeophyceae
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Electrophoresis, Cellulose Acetate
Language:
En
Journal:
Carbohydr Res
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Poland