Biodegradation of a sugar branched polymer consisting of sugar, fatty acid, and poly(vinyl alcohol)

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1636-1639

  Tokiwa, Yutaka ^a   Fan, Hong ^a   Hiraguri, Yoichi ^a   Kurane, Ryuichiro ^a   Kitagawa, Masaru ^b   Shibatani, Shigeo ^b   Maekawa, Yoshihiko ^b  

^a NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

^b Toyobo Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; FATTY ACIDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXYGEN; SOILS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ASSIMILATING MICROBES; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND TESTER; BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION METHOD; SUGAR BRANCHED POLYMER;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS;

EID: 0033905334     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma981451v     Document Type: Article

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