Non-conventional ultrasound-assisted extraction of alginates from Sargassum seaweed: From coastal waste to a novel polysaccharide source
Santagata, G.; Grillo, G.; Immirzi, B.; Tabasso, S.; Cravotto, G.; Malinconico, M. (2018). Non-conventional ultrasound-assisted extraction of alginates from Sargassum seaweed: From coastal waste to a novel polysaccharide source, in: Cocca, M. et al. Proceedings of the International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. Springer Water, : pp. 211-217. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71279-6_29 In: Cocca, M. et al. (2018). Proceedings of the International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. Springer Water. Springer International Publishing: Cham. ISBN 978-3-319-71278-9. 250 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71279-6, more In: Springer Water. Springer International Publishing: Cham. ISSN 2364-6934; e-ISSN 2364-8198, more |
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| Authors | | Top | - Santagata, G.
- Grillo, G.
- Immirzi, B.
| - Tabasso, S.
- Cravotto, G.
- Malinconico, M.
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| Abstract | Sargassum algae are brown free-floating seaweed found worldwide in temperate and tropical regions and provide shelter and food for many animal species. In recent years, their wide-spread presence has gone out of control, leaving dense clumps of rotting weeds and toxic waste along urban beaches. Nevertheless, this harmful brown seaweed is a valid source of sodium alginate (SA), a well-known biodegradable and biocompatible polysaccharide, widely used in food, pharmaceutical and biomedical applications due to its stabilizing and gelling properties. The aim of this paper was the extraction and chemico-physical characterization of sodium alginate from Sargassum seaweeds wastes by using unconventional ultrasound method. |
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