Biocatalytic synthesis of water-soluble oligo(catechins)

Journal of Macromolecular Science - Pure and Applied Chemistry

Volumn 42 A, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1547-1554

  Bruno, Ferdinando F ^a   Nagarajan, Subhalakshmi ^b   Nagarajan, Ramaswamy ^b   Kumar, Jayant ^b   Samuelson, Lynne A ^a  

^a DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer therapy; Enzymatic polymerization; Oligo (catechins); Surfactants; Template assisted polymerization

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSTS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FOOD PRODUCTS; PHENOLS; POLYMERIZATION; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CANCER THERAPY; ENZYMATIC POLYMERIZATION; OLIGO (CATECHINS); TEMPLATE-ASSISTED POLYMERIZATION;

OLIGOMERS;

EID: 28144464282     PISSN: 10601325     EISSN: 15205738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10601320500229160     Document Type: Article

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