Table 1.
Chemical structures of the repeating units of CRG from algae belonging to families Gigartinaceae and Tichocarpaceae.
| Source of Carrageenans | Type of CRG | Structure of Disaccharide Repeating Unit  | 
Mw, kDa | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 
C. armatus Gigartinaceae  | 
Kappa (κ) | 
 
 | 
560 | 
| Lambda (λ) | 
 
 | 
185 | |
| 
T. crinitus Tichocarpaceae  | 
Kappa/beta (κ/β) (60:40)  | 
 
 | 
172 |