Rapid Assay And Detection Of Carbohydrates In Samples Using MolecularMarkers
The assay has several likely applications with regard to carrageenan probes. Commercially-ownedcarrageenan farms and the processors which buy the raw seaweed from farmers may use the method totest the quality of plants. Fast-growing clones do not necessarily produce carrageenan of good quality.When correlated with commercial quality specifications, the method will allow rapid evaluation of seaweedquality and could help to stabilize source quality. Since only a small piece of a plant is needed to test, themethod can also contribute to Food industry which uses carrageenan as an additive can have several applications for the method. Forexample, a major fast food chain recently introduced a lower fat, lower cholesterol hamburger patty thathas replaced the fat in the meat with water and carrageenan as additive for gelling and texture. This assaycan be used to evaluate batch consistency from suppliers and to monitor levels in food product batches. Inaddition, there is considerable interest in testing the types and levels of carbohydrate additives incompetitors' products
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Tech ID/UC Case 18169/1991-033-0 Related Cases 1991-033-0
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