- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Rhodophyceae (Florideae)
- English Names
- Agar Agar
- Isinglass
- Sea-Moss
- Natural Habitat
- Japan
- Indian Ocean
- Ceylon
- Southern California
- Australia (in the sea near the coasts)
- Part(s) Used
- Fucus Amylaceus (the weed)
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- Constituent(s)
- gelose (a carbohydrate). The hydrochloric acid
- acetic acid and oxalic acid prevent the drug from gelatinizing
- Action
- nutritive
- demulcent
- laxative. Used for technical purposes in sizing silks and fabrics. When taken internally
- it is not absorbed but is swells in the intestine and is therefore employed in treating chronic constipation.
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