The importance of standardization of carboxymethylchitin concentration by the dye-binding capacity of Alcian Blue before adsorption on liposomes

Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes, and Immobilization Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-120

  Mobed, M ^a   Eng, M ^a   Chang, T M S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; CHITIN DERIVATIVE; LIPOSOME; POLYELECTROLYTE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 13344260699     PISSN: 10731199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10731199609118878     Document Type: Article

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