Procedure for producing uronic acid blocks from alginate

US6121441A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• FMC Biopolymer AS · NO

Inventors

• Merethe Kamfjord Simensen · Rjukan, NO
• Olav Smidsr.o slashed.d · Trondheim, NO
• Kurt Ingar Draget · Trondheim, NO
• Finn Hjelland · Vormedal, NO

Key dates

• Filing date: May 8, 1998
• Grant date: Sep 19, 2000
• Expiry date: May 8, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08F10/00
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A new procedure for producing block fractions from alginate, mainly G block alginate or M block alginate, by selective fractionated release of the M block fraction from the solid phase. MG block fractions can also be isolated.