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    Alginic acid (redirect from Sodium alginate)
    binds with sodium and calcium ions, the resulting salts are known as alginates. Its colour ranges from white to yellowish-brown. It is sold in filamentous...
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  • An alginate dressing is a natural wound dressing derived from carbohydrate sources released by clinical bacterial species, in the same manner as biofilm...
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    aqueous sodium alginate. Calcium alginate is also used for entrapment of enzymes and forming artificial seeds in plant tissue culture. "Alginate" is usually...
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  • Propylene glycol alginate (PGA) is an emulsifier, stabilizer, and thickener used in food products. It is a food additive with E number E405. Chemically...
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  • In enzymology, an alginate synthase (EC 2.4.1.33) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction GDP-D-mannuronate + (alginate)n ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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    impregnated gauze, plastic films, gels, foams, hydrocolloids, hydrogels, and alginates. They provide different physical environments suited to different wounds:...
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    applications. Sodium alginate is an unbranched copolymer of 1,4-linked-β-d-mannuronate (M) and α-l-guluronate (G) sugars. Sodium alginate (NaAlg) coagulates...
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  • It increases the emulsification of fat. Animal blood plasma Alginate: Sodium alginate forms an adhesive gel in the presence of Ca2+ ion. Transglutaminase:...
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    (RGD) to alginate hydrogels demonstrated that the cell behavior can be controlled by the RGD density coupled on the alginate gels. Alginate microparticles...
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    materials: reversible hydrocolloids: agar irreversible hydrocolloids: sodium alginate elastomeric materials: silicones (polyvinyl siloxane): condensation-cured...
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  • Bio-ink (section Alginate)
    printability, bioprinting mainly utilizes alginate, modified alginate alone or alginate blended with other biomaterials. Alginate has become the most widely used...
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    chains of sugar carbohydrates; examples include starch, cellulose, and alginate. Other examples of biopolymers include natural rubbers (polymers of isoprene)...
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    W.; Pearson, Jeff P. (2009). "Applications of Alginates in Food". In Rehm, Bernd H. A. (ed.). Alginates: Biology and Applications. Microbiology Monographs...
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    ions and the alginate polymer strands. Larger spheres can be created using reverse spherification. After removing the jelly from the alginate bath, calcium...
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    Spherification is a culinary process that employs sodium alginate and either calcium chloride or calcium glucate lactate to shape a liquid into squishy...
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    formed into tiny strips, with the help of a natural gum (such as sodium alginate or guar gum). This allows olive stuffing to be mechanized, speeding the...
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    sodium phosphate, calcium phosphate, lactic acid, sorbic acid, sodium alginate, apocarotenal, annatto, cheese culture, and enzymes. Processed cheese spreads...
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    are: Alginic acid (E400), sodium alginate (E401), potassium alginate (E402), ammonium alginate (E403), calcium alginate (E404) - polysaccharides from brown...
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  • guluronate-specific alginate lyase (EC 4.2.2.11, formerly called poly(α-L-guluronate) lyase) catalyzes the following process: Eliminative cleavage of alginate to give...
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    dental putty, or from a dentist who will take an impression in dental alginate material. In the EU, the guard must be sold with a CE mark and the guard...
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    mannuronate-specific alginate lyase (EC 4.2.2.3, formerly called poly(β-D-mannuronate) lyase) catalyzes the degradation of alginate into various monosaccharide...
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    acids (Alginates) E 400–E 407 in Algae       Sodium alginate E 401       Potassium alginate E 402       Ammonium alginate E 403       Calcium alginate E 404...
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    interactions. For example, sodium alginate gels upon exposure to calcium ions, which form ionic bonds that bridge between alginate chains. Polyvinyl alcohol gels...
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    Algae (section Alginates)
    and fungi, as most microorganisms cannot digest agar. Alginic acid, or alginate, is extracted from brown algae. Its uses range from gelling agents in food...
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    industry. Alginates can be used as thickening agents. Although listed here under the category 'Microbial polysaccharides', commercial alginates are currently...
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    been identified and the metabolic pathways defined. The exopolysaccharide alginate is a linear copolymer of β-1,4-linked D-mannuronic acid and L-guluronic...
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    have thickening agents and stabilizers added. Thickeners include sodium alginate, carrageenan, gelatine, sodium bicarbonate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate,...
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    using the spherification process that relies on the reaction of sodium alginate and either calcium chloride or calcium lactate. Popping boba has a thin...
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    referred to as "bonding agent" and is used to allow wet alginate to adhere to gelled alginate. Sodium carbonate is used in toothpastes, where it acts...
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    'substitutes' but are enjoyed in their own right. Spherification of liquids with alginate (a seaweed polysaccharide) is used to recreate caviar's texture. With liquids...
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