Alkaline treatment of a kappa/1-carrageenan from cystocarpic Gigartina
skottsbergii and further fractionation with potassium chloride, led t
o the isolation of a minor product soluble in 2 M KCl with unusual str
uctural features. It contains small amounts of L-galactose and is buil
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