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IT is well known that seaweed, vast quantities of which grow around the coast of Scotland, undergoes wide seasonal variation in chemical constitution. Very little use has been made of these seaweed resources, which may be due to the fact that in Britain they have never been studied intensively from a chemical point of view, and no simple analytical methods have been available for the estimation of the various constituents. The future of any seaweed industry now depends on a thorough knowledge of the organic constituents, which are mainly polysaccharide in nature, and it is the latter which are subject to such wide seasonal variation. It is important, therefore, that the variation of the chemical constituents throughout the year be known, so that the seaweed may be harvested at the appropriate period in order that the constituent required will be at its maximum.
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BLACK, W. Seasonal Variation in Chemical Constitution of some Common British Laminariales. Nature 161, 174 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161174a0
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