An older or alternative term for algin, the thickening substance extracted from brown seaweed.
A variant form of 'algin' from the early 20th century, before chemical naming conventions became standardized. As scientific terminology evolved, 'algin' became the preferred form, making 'algine' largely obsolete except in older technical texts.
Algine appears in older chemistry textbooks and patents from the early 1900s, showing how scientific terminology changes over time—sometimes the first names for discoveries get replaced by more standardized forms, but the original terms can tell us the history of discovery!
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