Properties of chitosan films as a function of pH and solvent type

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Kim, Ki Myong ^a   Son, Jeong Hwa ^a   Kim, Sung Koo ^a   Weller, Curtis L ^b   Hanna, Milford A ^b  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitosan films; Deacetylation degree; Organic acids; Total soluble matter; Water vapor permeability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646356513     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2006.tb15624.x     Document Type: Article

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