Concept information
Preferred term
Carrageenan
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Carrageenin
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 66(64)
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002351
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