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Carbohydrates > Polysaccharides > Alginates > Alginic Acid
Carbohydrates > Sugar Acids > Uronic Acids > Hexuronic Acids > Alginic Acid
... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Hydroxy Acids > Sugar Acids > Uronic Acids > Hexuronic Acids > Alginic Acid
... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Sugar Acids > Uronic Acids > Hexuronic Acids > Alginic Acid
... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Aldehydic > Uronic Acids > Hexuronic Acids > Alginic Acid
... > Carbohydrates > Sugar Acids > Uronic Acids > Glucuronates > Glucuronic Acid > Alginic Acid
... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Hydroxy Acids > Sugar Acids > Uronic Acids > Glucuronates > Glucuronic Acid > Alginic Acid
... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Sugar Acids > Uronic Acids > Glucuronates > Glucuronic Acid > Alginic Acid
... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Aldehydic > Uronic Acids > Glucuronates > Glucuronic Acid > Alginic Acid

Preferred term

Alginic Acid  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Poly(Mannuronic Acid)
  • Polymannuronic Acid
  • Polymannuronic Guluronic Acid
  • Polymannuronic-Guluronic Acid

Scope note

  • A polysaccharide and linear copolymer, consisting mainly of beta-1,4-linked D-mannuronic acid and alpha-1,4-linked L-glucuronic acid, that occurs in marine algae such as LAMINARIA, and in BIOFILMS produced by PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA.

History note

  • 2019 (1972)

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000077322

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