Studies on the Organic Acid in Some Species of Marine Alage

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1. The present paper deals with the composition of organic acid in Porphyra tenera, roasted Porphyra tenera and Undaria pinnatifida. 2. There are little differences in the composition of organic acids among three of them, Porphyra tenera, roasted Porphyra tenera and Ucdaria pinnatifida. Butyric, propionic, acetic, fumaric, succinic, lactic, oxalic, malic, citric and unknown two acids were identifled by silica gel colcumn chromatography. 3. All of volatile organic acid, namely butyric, propionic and acetic acid in Porphyra tenera were decreased during the raosting.