Free-radical degradation of triple-stranded scleroglucan by hydrogen peroxide and ferrous ions

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-48

  Hjerde, Torgeir ^a   Stokke, Bjørn T ^a   Smidsrød, Olav ^a   Christensen, Bjørn E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ferrous ions; Free radical degradation; Scleroglucan

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IONS; IRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOMERS; REACTION KINETICS;

FERROUS IONS; FREE RADICAL DEGRADATION; TRIPLE STRANDED SCLEROGLUCAN;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 0032158180     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8617(98)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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