Term Name: | sodium alginate |
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Synonyms: | Algiline, Algin, Arcrane, Ascophyllum, Sodium Alginate, Sodium polymannuronate |
Definition: | A copolymer macromolecule composed of homopolymeric blocks of 1->4-linked homopolymeric blocks of 1->4-linked sodium beta-D-mannuronate and sodium alpha-L-guluronate residues, covalently linked together in different sequences or blocks. The sodium salt of alginic acid. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:53311] ( EBI ) |