Precipitation of cations by alginate, polyguluronate and polymannuronate

  • Jeong, Dae-Yeong (Faculty of Natural Resources and Life Science, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University) ;
  • Seo, Hyeong-Pil (Faculty of Natural Resources and Life Science, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Su (Research Center of Biotechnology & Bioengineering, KBP Co. LTD) ;
  • Byeon, Jae-Hyeong (Department of Food and Life Science, Pukyung National University) ;
  • Lee, Jin-U (Faculty of Natural Resources and Life Science, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University)
  • Published : 2000.11.09

Abstract

The relative affinity of seaweed alginate, polyguluronate and polymannuronate for cations was investigated. The cations used in this study were $Ca^{2+}$, $Cd^{2+}$, $Co^{2+}$, $Cu^{2+}$, $Fe^{3+}$, $Hg^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$, $Mn^{2+}$, $Pb^{2+}$, $Rb^{1+}$, $Sr^{2+}$ and $Zn^{2+}$. The ability of cations to precipitated polymers was determined as the relative affinity of seaweed alginate, polyguluronate and polymannuronate for cations. The relative affinity of polymers for cations in order are as follow: Seaweed alginate: $Fe^{3+}$,$Cu^{2+}$,$Cd^{2+}>Pb^{2+}>Co^{2+}$,$Zn^{2+}>Ca^{2+}>Sr^{2+}$,$Rb^{1+}>Mn^{2+}>Mg^{2+}$,$Hg^{2+}$ Ployguluronate:$Fe^{3+}$,$Cu^{2+}$,$Cd^{2+}>Ca^{2+}$,$Co^{2+}$,$Pb^{2+}>Sr^{2+}$,$Rb^{1+}$,$Zn^{2+}>Hg^{2+}$,$Mn^{2+}>Mg^{2+}$ Polymannuronate:$Fe^{3+}$,$Cd^{2+}$,$Cu^{2+}>Ca^{2+}$,$Pb^{2+}>Zn^{2+}$,$Rb^{1+}$$Sr^{2+}$,$Hg^{2+}>Co^{2+}>Mn^{2+}>Mg^{2+}$

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