Physical and structural properties of barley (1→3),(1→4)-β-D-glucan. Part I. Determination of molecular weight and macromolecular radius by light scattering

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-15

  Gomez C ^a   Navarro, A ^a   Manzanares, P ^a   Horta, A ^b   Carbonell, J V ^c  

^a Asoc de Invest de Cerveza y Malta   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTOMETERS; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

LIGHT SCATTERING PHOTOMETER; MACROMOLECULE RADIUS;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 0030650311     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8617(96)00126-9     Document Type: Article

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