Characterization of a biologically active pectin from Plantago major L.

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-44

  Samuelsen, Anne Berit ^a   Paulsen, Berit Smestad ^a   Wold, Jens Kristian ^a   Otsuka, Hanako ^b   Kiyohara, Hiroaki ^b   Yamada, Haruki ^b   Knutsen, Svein H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO MAJOR;

ACETYLATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ESTERIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANTS (BOTANY); STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ANTI-COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PECTIN; PLANT LEAVES;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 0030134984     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8617(96)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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