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Carrageenan

Medical Definition: 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.
Also Called: lambda-Carrageenan,iota-Carrageenan,kappa-Carrageenan
CAS Type 1 Name: CAS Number: 9000-07-1

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