Project Report on Agar Agar [Eiri-1451]

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Project Report on Agar Agar [Eiri-1451] Price And Quantity

Price 35000 INR/Piece
Minimum Order Quantity 1 Piece

Project Report on Agar Agar [Eiri-1451] Trade Information

Supply Ability 1 Piece Per Day
Delivery Time 2-3 Days
Main Domestic Market All India

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Project Report on Agar Agar [Eiri-1451]

According to the US Pharmacopoeia, agar can be defined as a hydrophilic colloid extracted from certain seaweeds of the Rhodophyceae class. It is insoluble in cold water but soluble in boiling water. A 1.5% solution is clear and when it is cooled to 34-430C it forms a firm gel which does not melt again below 850C. It is a mixture of polysaccharides whose basic monomer is galactose. These polysaccharides can be sulphated in very variable degrees but to a lesser degree than in carrageenan. For this reason the ash content is below those of carrageenan, furcelleran (Danish agar) and others. A 5% maximum ash content is acceptable for agar although it is normally maintained between 2.5-4%. Agar is the phycocolloid of most ancient origin. In Japan, agar is considered to have been discovered by Minoya Tarozaemon in 1658 and a monument is Shimizu-mura commemorates the first time it was manufactured. Originally, and even in the present times, it was made and sold as an extract in solution (hot) or in gel form (cold), to be used promptly in areas near the factories; the product was then known as tokoroten. Its industrialization as a dry and stable product started at the beginning of the 18th century and it has since been called kanten. The word "agar-agar", however, has a Malayan origin and agar is the most commonly accepted term, although in French- and Portuguese-speaking countries it is also called gelosa.

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