Molecular Weight Determination of Agar by Sedimentation Equilibrium Measurements

Fisheries Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-83

  Tashiro, Yuri ^a   Mochizuki, Yoshinori ^a   Ogawa, Hiroo ^a   Mizuno, Haruo ^a   Iso, Naomichi ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agar; Makusa; Molecular weight; Ogonori; Polysaccharide; Ultracentrifugation; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001908130     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.62.80     Document Type: Article

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