Meanings
- A fucose-containing, sulfated polysaccharide isolated from brown alga of the genus Ascophyllum.
It is good source of fucoidan, alginates, ascophyllan, laminarins and polyphenols.
2015 July 10, Shekhar U. Kadam et al., “Laminarin from Irish Brown Seaweeds Ascophyllum nodosum and Laminaria hyperborea: Ultrasound Assisted Extraction, Characterization and Bioactivity”, in Marine Drugs, volume 13, →DOI
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ascophyllan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ascophyllan
“ascophyllan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ascophyllan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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