A1112
Alginic acid sodium salt from brown algae
low viscosity
Synonym(s):
Algin, Sodium alginate
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About This Item
biological source
algae (brown)
Quality Level
form
powder
color
white to brown
viscosity
4-12 cP, 1 % in H2O(25 °C)
solubility
water: 10 mg/mL, cloudy to hazy, faintly yellow
storage temp.
2-8°C
SMILES string
[Na+].[O-]C(=O)C1O[C@H]([C@H]([C@H]([C@@H]1O)O)O)O
InChI
1S/C6H10O7.Na/c7-1-2(8)4(5(10)11)13-6(12)3(1)9;/h1-4,6-9,12H,(H,10,11);/q;+1/p-1/t1-,2-,3-,4?,6+;/m0./s1
InChI key
MSXHSNHNTORCAW-MPGIDXPLSA-M
Application
Acid hydrolysates of alginic acid can be used to prepare a-1,4-~-Polyguluronic and B- 1,4-~-Polymannuronic acids
Alginate, a colloidal polyuronic acid structural molecule capable of gelation, is used in the preparation of colloidal biodegradable structures such as gels, biofilms, beads, nanoparticles, and microcapsules suitable for applications that range from gel based separation technologies to drug delivery and cell preservation.
Other Notes
A straight-chain, hydrophilic, colloidal, polyuronic acid composed of guluronic and mannuronic acid residues.
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Storage Class
11 - Combustible Solids
wgk
WGK 1
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable
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E E Farmer et al.
The Journal of biological chemistry, 266(5), 3140-3145 (1991-02-15)
The in vitro phosphorylation by [gamma-32P]ATP of a 34-kDa plasma membrane-associated protein (pp34) from tomato and potato is strongly enhanced in the presence of alpha-1,4-D-polygalacturonic acid (PGA) fragments (Farmer, E. E., Pearce, G., and Ryan, C. A. (1989) Proc. Natl.
Juan Du et al.
The Plant cell, 32(11), 3576-3597 (2020-09-05)
Pectins are abundant in the cell walls of dicotyledonous plants, but how they interact with other wall polymers and influence wall integrity and cell growth has remained mysterious. Here, we verified that QUASIMODO2 (QUA2) is a pectin methyltransferase and determined
Jordan Gulli et al.
Biotechnology progress, 36(1), e2925-e2925 (2019-10-07)
Encapsulated microbes have been used for decades to produce commodities ranging from methyl ketone to beer. Encapsulated cells undergo limited replication, which enables them to more efficiently convert substrate to product than planktonic cells and which contributes to their stress