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Algae and algae products – Determination of the uronic acid content of macroalgae biomass

Scope

This document describes a method to determine the polysaccharide content of macroalgae biomass by monosaccharide determination after acid hydrolysis.

It specifies a method for the hydrolysis conditions to be used depending on the algae and a quantitative technique for determining the released monosaccharides and a calculation of polysaccharide content.

This method does not apply to the determination of polysaccharides from microalgae.