Enzyme encapsulation on chitosan microbeads

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-216

  Siso, M I González ^a   Lang, E ^b   Carreno Gomez B ^b   Becerra, M ^a   Otero Espinar, F ^b   Blanco Mendez J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

amylase; Chitosan beads; Enzyme immobilization; Invertase

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CHITOSAN;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; MICROENCAPSULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

EID: 0030792370     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(96)00064-7     Document Type: Article

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