Meaning of glucuronan | Babel Free

Definitions

A polymer or oligomer of glucuronate, often extracted from various algae.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“In experiment with Cd salt containing media presence of glucuronan decreased Cd concentration both in shoots and roots comparing to control and to Str5 effect.”

“Although the oligoglucuronans expressed an elicitor capacity in PAL activity twice higher than that of the glucuronan polymer, its induction was less important than the oligoulvans.”

“Glucuronans are often co-extracted together with ulvans from the cell wall of Ulva sp. with the use of hot water that often contains a calcium chelating agent such as sodium oxalate; ion-exchange chromatography as been used to eliminate glucuronans from the ulvan preparations.”

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