Recent progress in the assays of xylanolytic enzymes

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1636-1647

  Biely, Peter ^a   Puchart, Vladimír ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

glucuronidase; Acetylxylan esterase; Endo 1,4 xylanase; Enzyme assays; Feruloyl esterase

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33747412234     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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