Extracellular polysaccharides from Ankistrodesmus densus (Chlorophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 638-641

  Paulsen, Berit Smestad ^a   Aslaksen, Torun ^a   Freire Nordi, Cristina S ^b   Vieira, Armando A H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ankistrodesmus densus; Extracellular polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

3 O METHYLGALACTOSE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONIC ACID; MANNOSE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; RHAMNOSE; XYLOSE;

ANKISTRODESMUS DENSUS;

EID: 0031709517     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340638.x     Document Type: Article

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