Table 1.
Polysaccharide substrates used in this study, their source or type, distributor and lot number, if mentioned on the packaging. “NR” stands for “not reported”.
| Polysaccharide | Source/Type | Distributor | Lot Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| alginic acid | NR | Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA, US) | NR |
| arabinan | sugar beet | Megazyme (Bray, Ireland) | 80902b |
| cellulose | microgranular, CC41 | Whatman (Maidstone, UK) | 1441024 |
| chitin | shrimp shells | Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, US) | SLBL2694V |
| chitosan | shrimp shells | Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, US) | BCBQ3414V |
| chondroitin sulfate | bovine trachea | Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, US) | NR |
| laminarin | Eisenia bicyclis | abcr (Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) | 1025869 |
| pectin | apple | Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, US) | BCBK7271V |
| pullulan | Aureobasidium pullulans | Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, US) | NR |
| starch | soluble | Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, US) | SLBL2691V |
| xanthan gum | Xanthomonas campestris | Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, US) | 100M0218V |
| xylan | beechwood | Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, US) | 107H1209 |
| κ-carrageenan | NR | Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, US) | BCBR6980V |
| ι-carrageenan | NR | Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, US) | SLBJ7874V |