Molecular characterization of barley β-glucans by size-exclusion chromatography with multiple-angle laser light scattering and other detectors

Cereal Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 599-604

  Knuckles, B E ^a   Yokoyama, W H ^a   Chiu, M M ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYSACCHARIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

D-GLUCAN; GLUCANS; HEMICELLULASES; HIGH PERFORMANCE SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LASER-LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR CHARACTERISTICS; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; PRE-TREATMENTS; SIZE-EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; XYLANASE TREATMENT;

AMYLASES;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0030709334     PISSN: 00090352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/CCHEM.1997.74.5.599     Document Type: Article

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