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International Journal on Algae

Published 4 issues per year

ISSN Print: 1521-9429

ISSN Online: 1940-4328

SJR: 0.168 SNIP: 0.377 CiteScore™:: 0.6 H-Index: 11

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Study of chemical composition of storm flings in hypergaline reservoirs of Sivash Lake as a source for production of stabilizers

Volume 2, Issue 4, 2000, pp. 109-114
DOI: 10.1615/InterJAlgae.v2.i4.100
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ABSTRACT

The general chemical and carbohydrate composition of storm fling biomass in hypergaline reservoirs of Sivash Lake were studied. It was determined that the biomass contains compounds characteristic to plant hydrobionts: proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and microelements. The feature peculiar to biomass composition is the presence of iodine compounds in it in concentrations exceeding those in such powerful concentrators of iodine as phaeophytes. Significant amounts of carbohydrates represented mainly by freely hydrolyzing polysaccharides were detected. Results of the study of monosaccharide composition in freely hydrolyzing polysaccharides show that this polysaccharide differs significantly from those of macrophytic algae. This polysaccharide could be allocated to the microalgal polysaccharides. A preliminary assessment of the physical and chemical properties of the polysaccharide isolated from the biomass has shown that it can be used as a stabilizer for food, forage, and for technical purposes.

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