A sustainable process for the recovery of volatile constituents from Gracilaria lemaneiformis in agar production and evaluation of their antioxidant activities

Abstract Background Gracilaria lemaneiformis is a common red alga used as a raw material source for the agar industry. Its extract is rich in natural volatile constituents (VCs) having antioxidant activities. Herein, a sustainable method was used to recover VCs from the alga. The chemical compositio...

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Main Authors: Shengliang Yuan, Kefeng Wu, Zhihong Duan, Yanxia Huang, Yingnian Lu, Xiaoli Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Chemistry
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13065-019-0590-y