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Carrageenan

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Definition: 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.     
See Also Chondrus 		Other names Carrageenin; lambda Carrageenan; kappa Carrageenan; iota Carrageenan; lambda-Carrageenan; kappa-Carrageenan; iota-Carrageenan
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
6'-O-methylated iota-carrageenan  0   *Carrageenan. Carbohydr Res 2004 Jun 1;339(8):1459-66
4-selenocarrageenan  159202-73-0   *Carrageenan *Organoselenium Compounds. Sheng Li Ko Hsueh Chin Chan 1996 Jan;27(1):43-6
doxycycline carrageenate  0   *Carrageenan *Doxycycline Drug Combinations. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 1994;46(2):143-6
desulfated carrageenan  0   *Carrageenan. J Pharm Pharmacol 1993 Jun;45(6):535-9
carrabiose  19253-99-7   *Carrageenan. J Biol Macromol 1993 Feb;15(1):24-9
kappa-selenocarrageenan  0   *Carrageenan *Organoselenium Compounds. Yap Hsueh Hsueh Pao 1992;27(10):725-8
methyl 3-O-(3,6-anhydrogalactopyranosyl)galactopyranoside  139710-10-4   *Carrageenan. Carbohydr Res 1992 Jan; 223:147-55
neocarrabiose  6215-96-9   *Carrageenan. Carbohydr Res 1990;208:215
methylcarrabioside 2,4'-disulfate  132895-20-6   *Carrageenan. Carbohydr Res 1990:208:83
methylcarrabioside 4'-sulfate  132895-19-3   *Carrageenan. Carbohydr Res 1990;208:83
methylcarrabioside  131216-94-9 Galactopyranoside, methyl 3,6-anhydro-4-O-beta-O-galactopyranosyl-, beta-D  *Carrageenan. Carbohydr Res 1990;208:83
emepronium carrageenate  137426-20-1   *Carrageenan *Emepronium Drug Combinations. Scand J Urol Nephrol 1985;19(1):29
carrageenan receptor  0   *Receptors, Immunologic Carrageenan. Cell Immunol 1985;92(2):277
titanoreine  0   *Carrageenan *Titanium *Zinc Oxide Drug Combinations Suppositories. Therapie 1984;39(1):50

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