Formation of vanillic acid from ferulic acid by Paecilomyces variotii MTCC 6581

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 825-829

  Ghosh, Shashwati ^a   Sachan, Ashish ^a   Mitra, Adinpunya ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Ferulic acid; Paecilomyces variotii; Vanillic acid; Vanillin

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; PAECILOMYCES VARIOTII;

EID: 33645716231     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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