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  • noun biochemistry A degraded form of carrageenan.

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  • It is not unreasonable to speculate that normal gastric acid...may act upon ingested carageenan and convert some of which is ingested to the lower molecular weight poligeenan during the actual process of digestion.

    Red Seaweed as HPV/cervical cancer preventative GreenFertility 2006

  • She writes: "Mild-acid hydrolytic de-polymerization of carageenan affords poligeenan, a mixture of lower molecular weight polysaccharides and oligosaccharide products."

    Red Seaweed as HPV/cervical cancer preventative GreenFertility 2006

  • She writes: Acid hydrolysis digestion leads to shortening of the carageenan polymer to the degraded form, poligeenan.

    Red Seaweed as HPV/cervical cancer preventative GreenFertility 2006

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