Definition of Laminarin

1. Noun. (carbohydrates) A glucan produced by some brown algae ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Laminarin

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Laminarin

1. Storage polysaccharide of Laminaria and other brown algae, made up of _(1-3) glucan with some _(1-6) linkages. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laminarin

laminaks
laminal
laminals
laminar
laminar air flow unit
laminar cortical necrosis
laminar cortical sclerosis
laminar flow
laminar flow clean room
laminaria
laminarian
laminarians
laminarias
laminaribiose
laminaribiose phosphorylase
laminarin (current term)
laminarins
laminarite
laminarites
laminarization
laminarize
laminarly
laminary
laminas
laminate
laminated
laminated clot
laminated cortex
laminated epithelial plug
laminated epithelium

Literary usage of Laminarin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"laminarin, white tasteless powder, is not a definite polysaccharide but ... The amt. of laminarin present varies from 7 to 35% of the dry wt. of the algae. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"The carbohydrases found were those acting upon such polysaccharides as starch, glycogen, dextrin and laminarin—in no case any of the ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1877)
"The nets were thus kept clear of the ship's refuse and of the wash of the paddle. Attached to the stalk of a floating laminarin ..."

4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1866)
"... called sometimes Tangle-weed, which is of the genus laminarin, a plant especially of rocky shores. 3. ..."

5. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1863)
"... called sometimes Tangle-weed, which is of the genus laminarin. a plant especially of rocky shores. 3. The Coralline zone,—from la to 50 fathoms. 4. ..."

6. A Manual of the Mollusca: Being a Treatise on Recent and Fossil Shells by Samuel Peckworth Woodward, Ralph Tate (1880)
"... spin a byssus when young, and some, like P. varius, do so habitually ; P. niveus moors itself to the fronds of the tangle (laminarin). ..."

7. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"Other algal products like agar-agar, laminarin, algin, etc., are variously used. A large number of fungi are also utilised. Edible mushrooms are delicacies. ..."

8. The Simple Carbohydrates and the Glucosides by Edward Frankland Armstrong (1919)
"Kylin finds that laminarin, the dextrin-like polysaccharide of these plants, consists of a series of closely related substances with a specific rotation ..."

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