"Carrageenan" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A water-soluble extractive mixture of sulfated polysaccharides from RED ALGAE. Chief sources are the Irish moss CHONDRUS CRISPUS (Carrageen), and Gigartina stellata. It is used as a stabilizer, for suspending COCOA in chocolate manufacture, and to clarify BEVERAGES.
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D002351
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.698.152
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| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Carrageenan" by people in Profiles.
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Han Y, Guo X, Thanuphol P, Ji R, Zhu Z, Wu Y, Du H, Xiao H. Gut Microbiota-Mediated Degradation of Food-Grade Lambda-Carrageenan by Bacteroides xylanisolvens and Its Role in Inflammation. J Agric Food Chem. 2025 Feb 19; 73(7):4288-4298.
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Wu C, McClements DJ, Ma B, Lai Z, Wu F, Liu X, Wang P. Composite hydrogels formed from okara cellulose nanofibers and carrageenan: Fabrication and characterization. Int J Biol Macromol. 2024 Feb; 258(Pt 2):129079.
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Han Y, Zhou M, McClements DJ, Liu F, Cheng C, Xiong J, Zhu M, Chen S. Investigation of a novel smart and active packaging materials: Nanoparticle-filled carrageenan-based composite films. Carbohydr Polym. 2023 Feb 01; 301(Pt B):120331.
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Wu C, McClements DJ, He M, Li Y, Teng F. The measurement of molecular interactions, structure and physical properties of okara cellulose composite hydrogels using different analytical methods. J Sci Food Agric. 2022 Aug 15; 102(10):4162-4170.
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Ozel B, Zhang Z, He L, McClements DJ. Digestion of animal- and plant-based proteins encapsulated in ?-carrageenan/protein beads under simulated gastrointestinal conditions. Food Res Int. 2020 11; 137:109662.
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Koo CKW, Chung C, Fu JR, Sher A, Rousset P, McClements DJ. Impact of sodium caseinate, soy lecithin and carrageenan on functionality of oil-in-water emulsions. Food Res Int. 2019 09; 123:779-789.
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Zhang Z, Zhang R, Chen L, McClements DJ. Encapsulation of lactase (?-galactosidase) into ?-carrageenan-based hydrogel beads: Impact of environmental conditions on enzyme activity. Food Chem. 2016 Jun 01; 200:69-75.
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Loeffler M, McClements DJ, McLandsborough L, Terjung N, Chang Y, Weiss J. Electrostatic interactions of cationic lauric arginate with anionic polysaccharides affect antimicrobial activity against spoilage yeasts. J Appl Microbiol. 2014 Jul; 117(1):28-39.
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Lopez-Pena CL, McClements DJ. Optimizing delivery systems for cationic biopolymers: competitive interactions of cationic polylysine with anionic ?-carrageenan and pectin. Food Chem. 2014 Jun 15; 153:9-14.
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Cho YH, Decker EA, McClements DJ. Competitive adsorption of mixed anionic polysaccharides at the surfaces of protein-coated lipid droplets. Langmuir. 2009 Mar 03; 25(5):2654-60.