CARRAGEENAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carrageenan mean? 

• CARRAGEENAN (noun)
  The noun CARRAGEENAN has 1 sense:

1. a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae

  Familiarity information: CARRAGEENAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARRAGEENAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

carrageenan; carrageenin

Hypernyms ("carrageenan" is a kind of...):

gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)

 Context examples 

When kappa-carrageenan is mixed with clay-based nanoparticles, injectable gelatin is obtained.

(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Standard stabilizers such as sodium alginate, guar gum, iota carrageenan, xanthan gum and carboxymethyl cellulose are commonplace.

(Freeze-Dried Strawberries and Ice Cream Make for a Very Stable Relationship, Agricultural Research Service)

The study uses a commonly used thickening agent known as kappa-carrageenan, obtained from seaweed, to design injectable hydrogels.

(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

They uses kappa-carrageenan and nanosilicates to form injectable hydrogels to promote hemostasis (the process to stop bleeding) and facilitate wound healing via a controlled release of therapeutics.

(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)