Relationship between the Antifreeze Activities and the Chemical Structures of Oligo- and Poly(glutamic acid)s

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 891-895

  Mitsuiki, Masata ^a   Mizuno, Akinori ^a   Tanimoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Motoki, Masao ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifreeze activity; Counterion; Molecular weight; Oligo(glutamic acid); Poly(glutamic acid)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000938240     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf970797m     Document Type: Article

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