Magnesium Alginate is
a kind of white to light yellow powder, odorless and tasteless,
soluble in water to form thick solution.
Magnesium Alginate is
the magnesium salt of alginic acid, manufactured and extracted
from seaweed. It combines with gastric acid to form a viscous
gel, which floats on top of the gastric contents and acts as a
physical barrier to reflux.
Alginate is present
in the cell walls of brown algae as the calcium, magnesium and
sodium salts of alginic acid. Alginate molecules are long chains
that contain two different acidic components, guluronic acid and
mannuronic acid. The way in which these M and G units are
arranged in the chain and the overall ratio, M/G, of the two
units in a chain can vary from one species of seaweed to
another.
