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The red alga Kallymenia reniformis (Rhodophyta, Cryptonemiales), collected on the west coast of Brittany, contained 13% ash, 5.6% crude protein and 38.7% soluble carbohydrate (on percent dry wt). The phycocolloid extract (38 % dried wt) was investigated using chemical and spectroscopic (IR and 13C NMR) methods. Preliminary results show that this polysaccharide belongs to the lambda-carrageenan family.
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Deslandes, E., Potin, P., Zinoun, M. et al. Contribution on the content and nature of the phycocolloid from Kallymenia reniformis (Cryptonemiales, Rhodophyta). Hydrobiologia 204, 603–608 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00040294
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