Multiple choice

Phycocolloids are mucopolysaccharides in cell wall of sea weeds. A phycocolloid, used in food, textile, ice cream, medicines, surgical threads obtained from kelps is:

  1. Alginic acid

  2. Funori

  3. Agar

  4. Carrageenan
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Explanation

Alginic acid, also called algin or alginate, is an anionic polysaccharide distributed widely in the cell walls of brown algae, where through binding with water it forms a viscous gum.

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