Chitosan isolation from the chitosan-glucan complex of fungal cell wall using amylolytic enzymes

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 1461-1464

  Nwe, Nitar ^a   Stevens, Willem F ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Amylolytic enzyme; Chitosan glucan complex; Fungal chitosan

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CHITOSAN; CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; GLUCAN;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL BOND; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STABILITY; FUNGAL CELL; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; TURBIDITY;

FUNGI; GONGRONELLA BUTLERI;

EID: 0036734243     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019898715518     Document Type: Article

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