Quatification of carrageenan in gracilaria cf. Manilensis (Rhodophyta) exposed to different salinities and PH using attenuated total reflection-fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR)

• Main Authors: Zakaria, Najibah, Mohammad Noor, Normawaty, Susanti, Deny, Mukai, Yukinori
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/65881/1/QUATIFICATION%20OF%20CARRAGEENAN.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65881/; http://www.iium.edu.my/skam31/index.php/author/admin2/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Carrageenan is a gel-forming and viscosifying polysaccharides that is commonly found in red algae (Rhodophyta). Previous studies indicate that carrageenan content in the seaweed can be influenced by different environmental conditions. Therefore, in this study, Graciliaria cf. manilensis, a red algae...