Carrageenans: Sources and Extraction Methods, Molecular Structure, Bioactive Properties and Health Effects

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Series: Environmental Science, Engineering and Technology
BISAC: EDU000000

This book aims to report on the status of one of the most important phycocolloids in the food industry (E407 – carrageenan). The natural resources (carrageenophytes) used in its production, methods of extraction, species with great potential, its marine cultivation on the world (Kappaphycus, Eucheuma, etc.), the new chemical analysis techniques of this colloid, the potential of the carrageenan as composing ingredient of nutritional value and therapeutic properties are some of the topics discussed within this book. The information set provided in this book comes from very recent scientific results obtained by research groups of several countries. This information set is useful not solely for the academic community (undergraduate or graduate students, staff and faculty personnel), but also to those individuals involved in the industrial, commercial and medical business of carrageenan. The contributing authors are renowned scientific leaders in the field. This feature associated with the new type of information provided in this book contributes significantly to the high-quality of this publication. (Imprint: Nova)

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
Leonel Pereira

Chapter 1. Carrageenan: Sources and Extraction Methods
Sarah Hotchkiss, Ross Campbell and Colin Hepburn (CyberColloids Ltd, Carrigaline Industrial Estate, Carrigaline, Co. Cork, Ireland, and others)

Chapter 2. Carrageenan Properties and Applications: A Review
Manuel García Tasende and Juan A. Manríquez-Hernández (Servizo de Innovación Tecnolóxica da Acuicultura. Subdirección Xeral de Acuicultura. Consellería do Mar. Xunta de Galicia. Edificios Administrativos – San Caetano, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and others)

Chapter 3. Biodiversity and Biogeography of Commercial Tropical Carrageenophytes in the Southeast Asian Region
Anicia Q. Hurtado, Phaik-Eem Lim, Ji Tan, Siew-Moi Phang, Iain C. Neish, and Alan T. Critchley (Integrated Services for the Development of Aquaculture and Fisheries (ISDA) Inc., MacArthur Highway, Tabuc Suba, Jaro Iloilo City, Philippines, and others)

Chapter 4. Culture of Marine Red Alga Kappaphycus Alvarezii (Schimitz) on the Coast of India: Current Scenario
N.H. Joshi and K.V. Ruparara (Fisheries Research Station, Junagadh Agricultural University, Okha, Gujarat, India, and others)

Chapter 5. Prospects for Carrageenan Production in Tropical Waters of Yucatan Peninsula
Yolanda Freile-Pelegrín and Daniel Robledo (Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad Mérida, Departamento de Recursos del Mar, Cordemex, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico)

Chapter 6. A Revision on the Red Alga Dilsea carnosa
João Filipe Marques and Leonel Pereira (MARE (Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre) and IMAR (Institute of Marine Research), Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal)

Chapter 7. Morphological, Cytological and Chemical Analysis of the Heterosporous Gigartina pistillata
Leonel Pereira and Paulo Ribeiro-Claro (MARE (Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre) and IMAR (Institute of Marine Research), Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, and others)

Chapter 8. Review of the Chemotaxonomic Significance of some Phycocolloids Present in Economically Important Algae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)
Fabiana Soares, Thierry Chopin and Leonel Pereira (MARE (Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre) and IMAR (Institute of Marine Research), Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, and others)

Chapter 9. Chemical Modification of Carrageenans and Application of the Modified Products
Vanina A. Cosenza, Diego A. Navarro and Carlos A. Stortz (Departamento de Química Orgánica – CIHIDECAR, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Chapter 10. The use of Carrageenan in Food
Sarah Hotchkiss, Mariel Brooks, Ross Campbell, Kevin Philp, and Angie Trius (CyberColloids Ltd, Carrigaline Industrial Estate, Carrigaline, Co. Cork, Ireland)

Chapter 11. Biological Activities of Carrageenans against Human Infectious Diseases
Laura B. Talarico, Carlos A. Pujol and Elsa B. Damonte (Fundación INFANT, Gavilán, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Editor´s Contact Information

Index

Reviews

“An important and timely compilation of everything you need to know about the most commercially important and versatile seaweed hydrocolloid.” – Professor Michael D. Guiry, AlgaeBase and National University of Ireland

Additional Information

Audience: Researchers (chemists, biochemists, biologists, phycologists, chemical engineers), nutritionists, professionals of the extractive industry and food industry, hoteliers and catering.

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