A water-soluble extractive mixture of sulfated polysaccharides from RED ALGAE. Chief sources are the Irish moss CHONDRUS CRISPUS (Carrageen), and Gigartina stellata. It is used as a stabilizer, for suspending COCOA in chocolate manufacture, and to clarify BEVERAGES.
Carrageenan has been studied across 18 research domains including 🔬 Inflammation, 🧠 Focus & Attention, 💊 Pain, 🔬 Oncology, 🛡️ Immunity. The primary research focus is 🔬 Inflammation with 12% of studies addressing this area.
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