Carraglucan polysaccharide and process for its production

Claim 1

A POLYSACCHARIDE, CARRAGLUCA, EXISTING IN FREE ACID AND IN SALT FORMS, SAID POLYSACCHARIDE BEING A SUBSTANCE WHICH: IS WATER-SOLUBLE, HEAT STABLE AND NON-DIALYZABLE; IN PURIFIED FORM IN A WHITE OR SLIGHTLY OFF-WHITE SOLID; IS ONLY SLIGHTLY SOLUBLE IN COMMON ORGANIC SOLVENTS; IN FREE ACID FORM CONTAINS THE ELEMENTS CARBON, HYDROGEN, OXYGEN, SULFUR, AND NITROGEN, AFFORDS UPON HYDROLYSIS D-GALACTOSE, L-GALACTOSE, D-GLUCOSE, EXYLOSE, A REDUCING SUBSTANCE, AND A URONIC ACID; HAS A SPECIFIC ROTATION VALUE (X)D26=-47 TO -65* WHEN DETERMINED AS A 0.3% SOLUTION IN 0.1 M PHOSPHATE BUFFER AT PH 7.0; HAS A LOW DEGREE OF SULFATION AND UPON ANALYSIS SHOWS LESS THAN 2% SULFUR; HAS AN INTRINSIC VISCOSITY OF 0.2 TO 1.1 DETERMINED IN 0.1 M PHOSPHATE BUFFER AT PH 7.0; HAS A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF 6000 TO 11,000 DETERMINED BY AN END GROUP REDUCING ASSAY; GIVES A POSITIVE ANTHRONE TEST, A POSITIVE PHLOROGLUCINOL TEST, A POSITIVE CARBAZOLE TEST FOR URONIC ACIDS, A NEGATIVE TEST FOR SIALIC ACID, AND A NEGATIVE TEST FOR SIMPLE ALKANOICACID ESTERS; UPON MICROANALYSIS IN SODIUM SALT FORM GIVE EXPERIMENTALLY DETERMINED VALUES OF 40.97% CARBON, 6.20% HYDROGEN, 1.85% NITROGEN, 0.84% SULFUR, AND 3.7% ASH; EXHIBITS SUBSTANTIALLY NO SELECTIVE ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTION; AND EXHIBITS A CHARACTERISTIC INFRARED ABSORPTION SPECTRUM IN SODIUM SALT FORM IN A POTASSIUM BROMIDE DISK SUBSTANTIALLY AS SHOWN IN THE DRAWING.