Carrageenan

"Carrageenan" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A water-soluble extractive mixture of sulfated polysaccharides from RED ALGAE. Chief sources are the Irish moss CHONDRUS CRISPUS (Carrageen), and Gigartina stellata. It is used as a stabilizer, for suspending COCOA in chocolate manufacture, and to clarify BEVERAGES.

Descriptor ID	D002351
MeSH Number(s)	D09.698.152
Concept/Terms	Carrageenan Carrageenan Carrageenin kappa-Carrageenan kappa-Carrageenan kappa Carrageenan iota-Carrageenan iota-Carrageenan iota Carrageenan lambda-Carrageenan lambda-Carrageenan lambda Carrageenan

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Carbohydrates [D09]
Polysaccharides [D09.698]
Carrageenan [D09.698.152]

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