Starch, floridean

Greenwood, C. T., and Thomson, J. 1961. Physicochemical studies on starches. Part XXIII. Some physical properties of floridean starch and the characterization of structure-type of branched a-l,4-glucans. J. Chem. Soc. 1534-1537. 

Meeuse, J. D., and Kreger, D. R. 1954. On the nature of floridean starch and Ulva starch. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 13, 593-595. 

SCHEME 1. Action of a-(l 4)-glucan lyase on floridean starch (the monosaccharide derivatives, which are split from the nonreducing ends of the polysaccharide chains probably in the form of 2-hydroxyglucal, are tautomerized to the more stable 1,5-anhydro-D-fructose, 5). 

S. Peat, J. R. Turvey, and J. M. Evans, The structure of floridean starch. Part I. Linkage analysis by partial acid hydrolysis, J. Chem. Soc. (1959) 3223-3227. 

H. Ozaki, M. Maeda, and K. Nisizawa, Floridean starch of calcareous red alga, Joculator maximus, J. Biochem., 61 (1967) 497-503. 

S. Yu, A. Blennow, M. Bojko, F. Madsen, C. E. Olsen, and S. B. Engelsen, Physico-chemical characterization of floridean starch of red algae, Starch Starke, 54 (2002) 66-74. 

Many red algae (Rhodophyceae) contain complex carbohydrate molecules. These algae produce D-glucans, known as floridean starch, as their food reserve material (Percival,... 

C,gH320,6 504.441 Formed by partial acid hydrolysis of nigeran and isolichenin and by enzymic hydrol. of elsinan. Possibly present in floridean starch. Powder. [a]g -t-169.5 (c, 1.25 in H2O). 

Formed by acid or enzymatic hydrol. of, Glycogen, G-555, PuUulan, P-110 and floridean starch. Present in honey. 

Homoglycans, branched Glucans glycogen, amylopectin, floridean starch, bacterial dextrans, pyiodextrins... 

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