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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A salt of alginic acid, widely used as a thickening or gelling agent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem., a salt of alginic acid.
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- noun Any
salt orester ofalginic acid .
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Examples
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Industrially available microbes cannot metabolize a sugar called alginate, which makes up half of the sugar content in seaweed.
NYT > Home Page By JOSIE GARTHWAITE 2012
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The secret ingredient: a strongly gelling dietary fiber called alginate.
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The secret: bacteria genetically engineered to break down a previously inaccessible sugar in seaweed, called alginate.
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A fibrous material in Sea Kelp called alginate was better at preventing fat absorption than most over-the-counter slimming treatments, laboratory tests showed.
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A fibrous material in Sea Kelp called alginate was better at preventing fat absorption than most over-the-counter slimming treatments, laboratory tests showed.
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In another technique, scientists at the University of Newcastle have been testing a seaweed extract called alginate that reduces fat absorption by cutting the level of glucose digested by the body before it gets broken down in the large intestine.
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In another technique, scientists at the University of Newcastle have been testing a seaweed extract called alginate that reduces fat absorption by cutting the level of glucose digested by the body before it gets broken down in the large intestine.
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In another technique, scientists at the University of Newcastle have been testing a seaweed extract called alginate that reduces fat absorption by cutting the level of glucose digested by the body before it gets broken down in the large intestine.
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Microencapsulation involves surrounding islet cells with formulations of a highly biocompatible, ultra-pure biopolymer, called alginate, or other similar biocompatible polymers.
News 2008
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In another technique, scientists at the University of Newcastle have been testing a seaweed extract called alginate that reduces fat absorption by cutting the level of glucose digested by the body before it gets broken down in the large intestine.
Freep.com - RSS 2008
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November 26, 2008