Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51333#.VGRyvmfHRK0 Author(s) Tushar J. Trivedi 1 , Arvind Kumar 1,2* Affiliation(s) 1 AcSIR, CSIR—Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, G. B. Marg, Bhavnagar, India . 2 Salt and Marine Chemicals Division, CSIR—Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, G. B. Marg, Bhavnagar, India . ABSTRACT We explored the possibility of using ionic liquids (ILs) as medium for efficient extraction of agarose via dissolution of red algae under varying conditions of heating or microwave irradiation. As compared to conventional methods, a very high extraction yield of good quality agarose (as high as 39 wt%) could be achie...
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