Commercial Production of Fucoidan From New Zealand Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar

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Commercial Production of Fucoidan From New Zealand Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar

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Auckland University of Technology

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Tuwhera

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Undaria pinnatifida is an invasive seaweed species in New Zealand that heavily infests mussel farms throughout the country. Fucoidan, one of the main cell wall polysaccharides of U. pinnatifida has numerous proven health benefits and has received increasing attention from researchers and entrepreneurs globally, but no commercial scale extraction of fucoidan from NZ U. pinnatifida has been undertaken to date. In 2010 the harvest and farming of this seaweed were permitted by the Biosecurity arm...

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Research paper

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Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2015

Creator

White, Loretta Nicole

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https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/8927

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Fucoidan / Undaria pinnatifida / New Zealand / Commercial / Production / Method / Upscale

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