Chitin - The Undisputed Biomolecule of Great Potential

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-87

  Tharanathan, Rudrapatnam N ^a   Kittur, Farooqahmed S ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHITOSAN; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRIES; MULTICELLULAR ANIMALS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOPOLYMERS; CELLS; COPOLYMERS; FOOD PROCESSING; FUNGI; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; TOXICITY;

CHITIN;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; METAZOA;

CHITIN; CHITOSAN; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CRUSTACEA; FUNGUS; INSECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CRUSTACEA; FUNGI; INSECTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0038386053     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408690390826455     Document Type: Review

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