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What is Floridean starch?
What is Floridean starch?
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Floridean starch:
- The Floridean starch is a form of storage glucan that is found in red algae and glaucophytes.
- Red algae form a distinct group characterized by these attributes:
- Eukaryotic cells without flagella, centrioles, using fluoride polysaccharides as a food reserve, phycobiliprotein as an accessory pigment (giving red colour), with chloroplast lacking external endoplasmic reticulum and containing unstacked thylakoids.
- Red algae (Rhodophyta) used as edible algae is a good source of energy, vitamins, and proteins.
- It is estimated that one molecule of floridean is assembled from 15 glucose units a good source of energy.
Floridean starch:
- The Floridean starch is a form of storage glucan that is found in red algae and glaucophytes.
- Red algae form a distinct group characterized by these attributes:
- Eukaryotic cells without flagella, centrioles, using fluoride polysaccharides as a food reserve, phycobiliprotein as an accessory pigment (giving red colour), with chloroplast lacking external endoplasmic reticulum and containing unstacked thylakoids.
- Red algae (Rhodophyta) used as edible algae is a good source of energy, vitamins, and proteins.
- It is estimated that one molecule of floridean is assembled from 15 glucose units a good source of energy.
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