carrageenan (CHEBI:3435)

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ChEBI Name	carrageenan

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:3435

Definition	A family of sulfated polysaccharides extracted from red seaweeds. The name is derived from a common name of red algae Chondrus crispus, "carrageen moss" (Irish moss).

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	algal metabolite Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in algae including unicellular organisms like chlorella and diatoms to multicellular organisms like giant kelps and brown algae.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	carrageenan (CHEBI:3435) has functional parent galactan (CHEBI:37165) carrageenan (CHEBI:3435) has role algal metabolite (CHEBI:84735) carrageenan (CHEBI:3435) is a polysaccharide sulfate (CHEBI:37944)

Incoming	ι-carrageenan (CHEBI:37168) is a carrageenan (CHEBI:3435) κ-carrageenan (CHEBI:10583) is a carrageenan (CHEBI:3435) λ-carrageenan (CHEBI:37167) is a carrageenan (CHEBI:3435)

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Carrageenan

KEGG COMPOUND

carrageenan

JCBN

carrageenans

ChEBI

carrageenin

ChemIDplus

carragheanin

ChemIDplus

carragheenan

ChemIDplus

carraghenan

Note: (2015-03-23) An unusual spelling, occasionally found in the primary literature.

ChEBI

carraghenans

Note: (2015-03-23) An unusual spelling, occasionally found in the primary literature.

ChEBI

Registry Number	Type	Source
9000-07-1	CAS Registry Number	ChemIDplus

Last Modified

23 March 2015