EXTRACTING AND SEPERATING OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS FROM SEAWEEDS WITH PEINKEATE SALT

Peikeate salt was used to extract and separate quaternary ammonium compounds from seaweeds. Seven seaweeds were analyzed by the method. The result shows that 1.31%, the content of quaternary ammonium compounds in Enteromorpha prolifera is the highest in all Analyzed seaweeds.The results also show that this is suitable method to collect quaternary ammonium compounds from seaweeds.