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Sargassum algae are brown free-floating seaweed found worldwide in temperate and tropical regions and provide shelter and food for many animal species. In recent years, their wide-spread presence has gone out of control, leaving dense clumps of rotting weeds and toxic waste along urban beaches. Nevertheless, this harmful brown seaweed is a valid source of sodium alginate (SA), a well-known biodegradable and biocompatible polysaccharide, widely used in food, pharmaceutical and biomedical applications due to its stabilizing and gelling properties. The aim of this paper was the extraction and chemico-physical characterization of sodium alginate from Sargassum seaweeds wastes by using unconventional ultrasound method.
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Santagata, G., Grillo, G., Immirzi, B., Tabasso, S., Cravotto, G., Malinconico, M. (2018). Non-conventional Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Alginates from Sargassum Seaweed: From Coastal Waste to a Novel Polysaccharide Source. In: Cocca, M., Di Pace, E., Errico, M., Gentile, G., Montarsolo, A., Mossotti, R. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71279-6_29
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