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algin: a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier
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a linear polysaccharide occurring in the walls of many brown algae and consisting of beta-1, 4-linked d-mannuronic acid units; a phycocolloid from brown algae widely used in industry as suspending agents, thickeners and emulsifiers
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[al-JIHN-ihk] A thick, jellylike substance obtained from seaweed. Alginic acid is used as a stabilizer and thickener in a wide variety of commercially processed foods such as ice creams, puddings, flavored milk drinks, pie fillings, soups and syrups.
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These names refer to a gelatinous precipitate that is extracted from brown algae and absorbs up to 300 times it's weight in water. Used externally it is a cosmetic thickener and stabilizer. Used internally, algin has the capability of combining with heavy toxic metals in food in the body and allowing them to be passed harmlessly out with the feces.
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