Chitosan from Syncephalastrum racemosum using sugar cane substrates as inexpensive carbon sources

Food Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-53

  Amorim, R V S ^a,b   Ledingham, W M ^a   Kennedy, J F ^c   Campos Takaki, G M ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Sugar cane juice and molasses; Syncephalastrum racemosum

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; CARBON; FRUIT JUICES; MOLASSES; SUBSTRATES; YEAST;

CHITOSAN; SUGAR CANE JUICE AND MOLASSES; SYNCEPHALASTRUM RACEMOSUM;

AMINES;

SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SYNCEPHALASTRUM RACEMOSUM;

EID: 33645376725     PISSN: 08905436     EISSN: 15324249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08905430500524028     Document Type: Article

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