Medical Definition of Sodium alginate
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This gelatinous material, a polysaccharide extract from brown algae, is widely used in foods, medicines, and industrial and household products.
The main algae that produce it are Laminaria species and Macrocystispyrifera (a chemically different version of algin is produced by the bacterium Azobacter vinelandii.)
(09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sodium Alginate
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