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Bouissil S, El Alaoui-Talibi Z, Pierre G, Michaud P, El Modafar C, Delattre C. Use of Alginate Extracted from Moroccan Brown Algae to Stimulate Natural Defense in Date Palm Roots Molecules 2020;25(3):720

McKim, James M. et al. A Critical Review of “A Randomized Trial of the Effects of the No-carrageenan Diet on Ulcerative Colitis Disease Activity Nutr. Healthy Aging. 2017; 4(2): 181“192.

James M. McKim, Jamin A. Willoughby Sr., William R. Blakemore & Myra L. Weiner Clarifying the confusion between poligeenan, degraded carrageenan, and carrageenan: A review of the chemistry, nomenclature, and in vivo toxicology by the oral route Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 59:19, 3054-3073 (2018)

Lee WK, Lim YY, Leow AT, Namasivayam P, Ong Abdullah J, Ho CL. Biosynthesis of agar in red seaweeds: A review Carbohydr Polym. 2017;164:23 30

Yun EJ, Yu S, Kim KH. Current knowledge on agarolytic enzymes and the industrial potential of agar-derived sugars Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017;101(14):5581 5589.

M. L. Weiner, Nuber D., Blakemore W., Harriman J., and Cohen S. A Ninety-Day Dietary Study on Kappa Carrageenan with Emphasis on the Gastrointestinal Tract. Food and Chem. Toxicol. 45: 98-106 (2007) In this study scientists review the effects of carrageenan on the gastrointestinal tract and dispel erroneous conclusions that had suggested carrageenan could cause

S. Cohen, N. Ito, A Critical Review of the Toxicological Effects of Carrageen and Processed Eucheuma Seaweed on the Gastrointestinal Tract. Crit. Rev. Tocicol. 32(5): 413-444 (2002) In this study, scientists review the effects of carrageenan on the gastrointestinal tract and dispel erroneous conclusions that had suggested carrageenan could cause cell proliferation or tumor formation.

Myra L. Weiner, Toxicological Properties of Carrageenan. Agents and Actions 32, 46-51, (1991) This paper summarizes and references the major toxicology studies that support the use of carrageenan in food