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Improved extraction of carrageenan from red seaweed (Chondracantus canaliculatus) using ultrasound-assisted methods and evaluation of the yield, physicochemical properties and functional groups

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Red seaweed Chondracanthus canaliculatus, an underexploited algae species, was used as a potential source for the obtaining of carrageenan. Seaweed was treated under alkaline conditions using ultrasound alone or combined with conventional procedures, to improve the yield extraction. Color, syneresis behavior, water retention capacity, and functional groups of the gelling and non-gelling fractions of carrageenan were determined; these properties were compared with those of commercial carrageenans named A and B. Ultrasound alone or with heat significantly (p < 0.05) increased the yield extraction up to 41–45% and influenced color parameters, in comparison with conventional treatments. Functional groups kappa and iota, and alginates, were confirmed in both carrageenan fractions. Syneresis behavior was well fitted to a third-degree polynomial equation within days 1 to 6, after which, it reached a plateau. While, the use of ultrasound at room temperature gave carrageenan properties more similar to those of the commercial carrageenan type A.

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Authors thank to the Universidad de Guadalajara for their support to develop this research, as well as, Danmark Inc. for the donation of the seaweed and invaluable advises.

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  1. Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Col. Olímpica, Universidad de Guadalajara CUCEI, Blvd. Marcelino García Barragán 1421, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, 44430

    Angelina Martín-del-Campo, José Antonio Fermín-Jiménez, Zazil Yadel Escalante-García & Yokiushirdhilgilmara Estrada-Girón

  2. Departamento de Farmacobiología, Col. Olímpica, Universidad de Guadalajara Campus CUCEI, Blvd. Marcelino García Barragán 1421, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, 44430

    María Esther Macías-Rodríguez

  3. Departamento de Ciencias Tecnológicas, Universidad de Guadalajara Campus CIENEGA, Av. Universidad 1115, Ocotlán, Jalisco, México, 47820

    Víctor Vladimir Fernández-Escamilla

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Martín-del-Campo, A., Fermín-Jiménez, J.A., Fernández-Escamilla, V.V. et al. Improved extraction of carrageenan from red seaweed (Chondracantus canaliculatus) using ultrasound-assisted methods and evaluation of the yield, physicochemical properties and functional groups. Food Sci Biotechnol 30, 901–910 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10068-021-00935-7

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