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sodium alginate
sodium alginaten. A colorless or light yellow powdery or crystalline polysaccharide, the sodium salt of alginic acid, used as a food thickener and stabilizer and in medicines, paint, and paper coating.sodium alginate
sodium alginate[′sōd·ē·əm ′al·jə‚nāt] (organic chemistry) C6H7O6Na Colorless or light yellow filaments, granules, or powder which forms a viscous colloid in water; used in food thickeners and stabilizers, in medicine and textile printing, and for paper coating and water-base paint. Also known as algin; alginic acid sodium salt; sodium polymannuronate. sodium alginate
al·gin (al'jin), A carbohydrate product of a seaweed, Macrocystis pyrifera; used as a gel in pharmaceutical preparations. Synonym(s): sodium alginatesodium alginateNaC6H7O6, a purified carbohydrate product extracted from certain species of seaweed. It is used as a food additive and as a pharmaceutical aid. See also: sodiumThesaurusSeealgin |