Sodium alginate, also called algin, is a salt of the natural polysaccharide alginic acid 1 that is found in brown algae (seaweed) in the class Phaeophyceae. Alginic acid was discovered in 1881 by ...

A high-salt diet has been found to lower blood levels of uric acid, a recognised trigger of gout, according to a study by US researchers. The findings, which appear in Arthritis & Rheumatology, a ...