Purification of amylase from honey

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2005, Pages c413-c418

  Babacan, Sibel ^a   Rand, Arthur G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Amylase; Diastase; Honey; Purification

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA;

EID: 23744444249     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2005.tb11439.x     Document Type: Article

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