β-glucanase activity and molecular weight of β-glucans in barley after various treatments

Cereal Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 92-95

  Knuckles, Benny E ^a   Chiu, Mei Chen M ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; EXTRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OVENS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

% REDUCTIONS; ACID TREATMENTS; AQUEOUS EXTRACTS; D-GLUCAN; FLUORESCENCE DETECTOR; HIGH PERFORMANCE SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LASER-LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; WEIGHT-AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; Β-GLUCANASE;

FLUORESCENCE;

ALCOHOL; AMYLASE; BETA GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN HYDROLASE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BARLEY; CEREAL; CHEMICAL BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEATING; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REFRACTION INDEX;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0032940742     PISSN: 00090352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/CCHEM.1999.76.1.92     Document Type: Article

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