Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7593941 | Food Chemistry | 2015 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Polysaccharides are the major components of brown seaweed, accounting for approximately 40-65% of the total mass. The majority of the brown seaweed polysaccharides consists of alginate (40% of dry matter), a linear hetero-polysaccharides commonly developed in fields. However, depolymerisation of alginate is required to recover high-value compounds. In this report, depolymerisation was performed using subcritical water hydrolysis (SWH) at 180-260 °C, with a ratio of material to water of 1:25 (w/v) and 1% formic acid as a catalyst. Sugar recovery was higher at low temperatures in the presence of catalyst. The antioxidant properties of Saccharinajaponica showed the best activity at 180 °C in the presence of a catalyst. The mass spectra produced using MALDI-TOF showed that polysaccharides and oligosaccharides were produced during hydrothermal treatment. Hydrolysis treatment at 180 °C in the presence of a catalyst may be useful for modifying the structure of S. japonica and purified alginate.
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Authors
Aviannie Meillisa, Hee-Chul Woo, Byung-Soo Chun,