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A new spectrophotometric procedure was developed for the quantitative determination of fucoidan and alginic acid and used for their analysis in extracts from biomass of 17 species of brown algae collected from coastal waters of the Kamchatka peninsula. In addition, neutral monosaccharides and mannitol were determined in the hydrolysis products of the alga biomass samples. The polysaccharide composition was shown to substantially depend on the algal species. The alginic acid content was maximal in the Alaria marginatablades; all the other representatives of the order Laminariales also are useful sources of this polysaccharide. At the same time, the fucoidan content is rather low in Laminariales. The highest content of fucoidan was found in Saundersella simplex, but Chordaria flagelliformisand Fucus evanescensare more practical fucoidan sources; the available supplies and the sugar composition make the latter alga the most suitable for the complex processing to prepare mannitol, fucoidan, and alginic acid.
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Usov, A.I., Smirnova, G.P. & Klochkova, N.G. Polysaccharides of Algae: 55. Polysaccharide Composition of Several Brown Algae from Kamchatka. Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry 27, 395–399 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012992820204
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