glucuronan
English
Noun
glucuronan (countable and uncountable, plural glucuronans)
- A polymer or oligomer of glucuronate, often extracted from various algae.
- 2006, Jean-Louis Morel, Phytoremediation of Metal-Contaminated Soils:
- In experiment with Cd salt containing media presence of glucuronan decreased Cd concentration both in shoots and roots comparing to control and to Str5 effect.
- 2013, Hydroxybenzoic Acids—Advances in Research and Application, 2013 edition:
- Although the oligoglucuronans expressed an elicitor capacity in PAL activity twice higher than that of the glucuronan polymer, its induction was less important than the oligoulvans.
- 2015, Se-Kwon Kim, Springer Handbook of Marine Biotechnology:
- Glucuronans are often co-extracted together with ulvans from the cell wall of Ulva sp. with the use of hot water that often contains a calcium chelating agent such as sodium oxalate; ion-exchange chromatography as been used to eliminate glucuronans from the ulvan preparations.
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Derived terms
- oligoglucuronan