The alginate-mediated effects were found to include the lateral aggregation of small fibrils into the extremely large bundles and the assisted deposition of HA for a larger mineralized fibril. This ...

Sodium alginate is a linear polysaccharide extracted from brown algae and is composed of residues of β-D-mannuronic (M) acids and α-L-guluronic (G) acid, joined by glycosidic (1-4) bonds and ...