Degradation of low molecular weight fragments of pectin and alginates by gamma-irradiation

Acta Alimentaria

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-42

  Purwanto, Z I ^a,b   Broek, L A M V D ^a   Schols, H A ^a   Pilnik, W ^a   Voragen, A G J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Alginate; Degradation by irradiation; HPAEC; Oligosaccharides; Pectin

Indexed keywords

EID: 11744250868     PISSN: 01393006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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