Fucus vesiculosis (seaweed)

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Revision as of 19:49, 24 March 2015

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Contents

Nomenclature

Fucus vesiculosus L.   Fucaceae  
Standardized common name (English): bladderwrack

Botanical Voucher Specimen

Organoleptic Characteristics

[Fucus vesiculosis has an] odor strongly seaweed-like; taste saline and nauseous.

Source: United States Dispensatory (1918) [1]

Macroscopic Characteristics

[Fucus vesiculosis ... ] [s]ometimes a meter in length, but usually in shorter pieces, from 1 to 4 cm. in width, dichotomously branched, brownish black, usually with. a slight, whitish incrustation; flat, smooth, entire-margined, having a stout midrib throughout, along which are irregularly disposed pairs of air-vesicles which vary in diameter from 5 to 15 mm.; receptacles terminal, compressed, mostly ovate or elliptical and about 1 cm. in length, but varying from spherical and 5 mm. in diameter to linear-lanceolate and 5 cm. in length, forked, solitary, or in pairs.

Source: United States Dispensatory (1918) [2]

Microscopic Characteristics

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Fucus vesiculosis - Alkemist Laboratories.jpg
Pseudoparenchyma with thick mucilaginous walls observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories[3]

Fucus vesiculosis-1- Alkemist Laboratories.jpg
Cells of the medulla showing loosely interwoven strands seen in polarized light observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories[4]

High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification

Supplementary Information

Sources

  1. ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
  2. ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
  3. ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
  4. ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
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