CHEBI:3435 - carrageenan

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ChEBI Name carrageenan
ChEBI ID CHEBI:3435
Definition A family of sulfated polysaccharides extracted from red seaweeds. The name is derived from a common name of red algae Chondrus crispus, "carrageen moss" (Irish moss).
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): algal metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in algae including unicellular organisms like chlorella and diatoms to multicellular organisms like giant kelps and brown algae.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing carrageenan (CHEBI:3435) has functional parent galactan (CHEBI:37165)
carrageenan (CHEBI:3435) has role algal metabolite (CHEBI:84735)
carrageenan (CHEBI:3435) is a polysaccharide sulfate (CHEBI:37944)
Incoming ι-carrageenan (CHEBI:37168) is a carrageenan (CHEBI:3435)
κ-carrageenan (CHEBI:10583) is a carrageenan (CHEBI:3435)
λ-carrageenan (CHEBI:37167) is a carrageenan (CHEBI:3435)
Synonyms Sources
Carrageenan KEGG COMPOUND
carrageenan JCBN
carrageenans ChEBI
carrageenin ChemIDplus
carragheanin ChemIDplus
carragheenan ChemIDplus
carraghenan
Note: (2015-03-23) An unusual spelling, occasionally found in the primary literature.
 ChEBI
carraghenans
Note: (2015-03-23) An unusual spelling, occasionally found in the primary literature.
 ChEBI
Manual Xrefs Databases
C08818 KEGG COMPOUND
D03411 KEGG DRUG
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Registry Number Type Source
9000-07-1 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Last Modified
23 March 2015