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Agar

Agar (/ˈeɪɡɑːr/ or /ˈɑːɡər/), or agar-agar, is a jelly-like substance consisting of polysaccharides obtained from the cell walls of some species of red algae (phylum Rhodophyta) primarily from the Gracilaria genus (Irish moss, ogonori) and the Gelidiaceae family (tengusa). These algae are known as agarophytes.

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Agar

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Triples80
Avg. degree1.98
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see also · 16
Agar → Absence, Agarose, Aquaculture, Bacterial, Biochemical, Biomedical, Food, Gelling, Laboratory, Method, Natural, Organic, Phytophthora, Polysaccharide, Seaweed-based Japanese, Type
related to Plant biology · 14
Agar → Arabidopsis, Gamborg's B5, GM, KOH, MS, Murashige, Nutrient, Petri, Research, Skoog, The, This, Usually, When
related to Etymology · 10
Agar → Ceylon, China, Eucheuma, Gigartina, Gracilaria, It, Jaffna, Japanese, Malay, The
related to Culinary · 9
Agar → Agar-agar, Asia, It, Its, Japanese, Once, Sweetener, This, When
related to Other uses · 6
Agar → Arts, As, At, In, Magnetic Resonance ElastographyIn, MRI
related to Chemical composition · 5
Agar → Agaropectin, Agarose, D-galactose, L-galactopyranose, L-galactose
is a · 3
Agar → allowed nonorganic/nonsynthetic additive used as a thickener, mixture of two components, natural vegetable gelatin counterpart
related to External links · 3
Agar → The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Physical properties · 3
Agar → Hysteresis, Since, This

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Agaris amixture of two components0.90text
Agaris anatural vegetable gelatin counterpart0.90text
Agaris aallowed nonorganic/nonsynthetic additive used as a thickener0.90text
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