Catalog Number
ACM11114208-1
Product Name
κ-carrageenan
Category
Polysaccharide; Polymers
Description
Carrageenan is a hydrophilic colloid that is extracted from red algae seaweeds such as unicornia, celery, and carrageen. Their chemical structures are calcium, potassium, sodium and ammonium salts of polysaccharide sulfates composed of galactose and anhydrogalactose. Carrageenan can be divided into 7 types, including K-type (Kappa), I-type (Iota), and L-type (Lambda), according to the different positions where the half-ester sulfate group is attached to galactose. The gel properties of carrageenan are mainly related to its chemical composition, structure and molecular size. Based on the properties of carrageenan, they are widely used in the food industry, medicine and other fields.
IUPAC Name
[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6S)-6-[[(1R,3S,4R,5R,8S)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,6-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-yl]oxy]-4-[[(1R,3R,4R,5R,8S)-8-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-sulfonatooxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-2,6-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-yl]oxy]-5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl] sulfate
Molecular Weight
788.66 g/mol
Molecular Formula
C24H36O25S2–
Canonical SMILES
C1C2C(C(O1)C(C(O2)O)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)OS(=O)(=O)[O-])OC4C(C5C(C(O4)CO5)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)OS(=O)(=O)[O-])O)O)O)O
InChI
InChI=1S/C24H38O25S2/c25-1-5-14(48-50(33,34)35)9(27)10(28)22(42-5)45-16-8-4-40-19(16)12(30)23(44-8)47-20-13(31)24(43-6(2-26)17(20)49-51(36,37)38)46-15-7-3-39-18(15)11(29)21(32)41-7/h5-32H,1-4H2,(H,33,34,35)(H,36,37,38)/p-2/t5-,6-,7-,8-,9-,10-,11-,12-,13-,14+,15+,16+,17+,18-,19-,20-,21+,22+,23-,24+/m1/s1
InChI Key
ZNOZWUKQPJXOIG-XSBHQQIPSA-L
Solubility
H2O: 5 mg/mL hot, soluble
Application
·Adhesives, thickeners, emulsifiers and stabilizers in the food industry
·Culture medium, medicament, anticoagulant, hypolipidemic agent and laxative in the field of medicine
·Used as an antistatic agent for photosensitive emulsions and photosensitive emulsion layers
·Embedding material for immobilized enzyme carrier and bacteria
·For leather industry, ceramic industry, textile industry and paper industry
Color
White to almost white to yellow to brownish
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count
1
Exact Mass
788.098709g/mol
Feature
·High stability
·Hydrophilic, high colloidal dispersion
·Good biocompatibility
·Broad-spectrum antiviral activity
Impurity Content
Ash ≤ 30 %
MeSH Entry Terms
Carrageenan;Carrageenin;iota Carrageenan;iota-Carrageenan;kappa Carrageenan;kappa-Carrageenan;lambda Carrageenan;lambda-Carrageenan
Monoisotopic Mass
788.098709g/mol
Viscosity
5-25 mPa.s, 0.3 % in H2O(25 °C)