Employment of Marine Polysaccharides to Manufacture Functional Biocomposites for Aquaculture Feeding Applications

In this study, polysaccharides of marine origin (agar, alginate and κ-carrageenan) were used to embed nutrients to fabricate biocomposites to be employed in animal feeding. The consistency of biocomposites in water has been evaluated up to 14 days, by several methods: swelling, nutrient release and...

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Main Authors: Marina Paolucci, Gabriella Fasulo, Maria Grazia Volpe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-04-01
Series:Marine Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/13/5/2680