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Second-derivative Fourier transform infrared spectra of seaweed galactans

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The Fourier transform infrared spectra of agar, agarose, κ-, ι-, and λ-carrageenan, and ofChondrus canaliculatus, Iridaea ciliata, I. membranacea, I. laminarioides andGracilaria chilensis polysaccharides were recorded in the 4000–400 cm-1 region. The bands in the second derivative mode are sharper and more bands are resolved than in the normal spectra.

Agar, agarose andG. chilensis phycocolloids exhibit diagnostic bands at ≈790 and ≈713 cm-1. κ-, ι- and λ-carrageenans, and native carrageenan-type polysaccharides fromC. canaliculatus andIridaea species exhibit bands at around 1160, 1140, 1100, 1070, 1040, 1008, 610, and 580 cm-1. Therefore, FT-IR spectroscopy in the second-derivative mode may be applied to differentiate between agar- and carrageenan-types seaweed galactans.

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Matsuhiro, B., Rivas, P. Second-derivative Fourier transform infrared spectra of seaweed galactans. J Appl Phycol 5, 45–51 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02182421

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