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Production and utilization of products from commercial seaweeds

Year of publication 1987

Pages 194 p.

Author Dennis J. McHugh;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Category Technical study

ISBN 9251026122

Series title FAO Fisheries Technical Paper

Series number 0429-9345 - T288

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Synopsis (short abstract) The publication describes the production, properties and main applications of the three major phyco-colloids extracted from seaweed: agar, alginate and carrageenan. There is also a supplementary chapter on the preparation and marketing of seaweeds as food. Although this is based mainly as Japanese experience it is included in order to encourage increased consumption of seaweeds as human food. The authors of the three phyco-colloid chapters have considered raw material sources, post-harvest tr eatment, methods of extraction, chemical composition of the colloids, evaluation of quality, and uses, with some details of economics and marketing.

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McHugh, D.J. 1987 (ed.), 1987. Production and utilization of products from commercial seaweeds. FAO Fish.Tech.Pap., (288):189 p.

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