Gelation mechanism of curdlan by dynamic viscoelasticity measurements

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-132

  Funami, T ^a   Funami, M ^a   Yada, H ^a   Nakao, Y ^a  

^a TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED   (Japan)

Author keywords

Curdlan; Dynamic viscoelasticity; Gel; Thermo irreversible; Thermo reversible

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033058496     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1999.tb09875.x     Document Type: Article

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