Kenaf xylan - A source of biologically active acidic oligosaccharides

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 126-134

  Nacos, M K ^a   Katapodis, P ^b   Pappas, C ^a   Daferera, D ^a   Tarantilis, P A ^a   Christakopoulos, P ^b   Polissiou, M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

13C NMR spectroscopy; Endoxylanase; Extraction; FT IR spectroscopy; Hemicellulose; Kenaf; Oligosaccharide; Uronic acid; Xylan

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; ENZYME KINETICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ALDOURONIC ACIDS; ENDOXYLANASE; HEMICELLULOSE;

OLIGOMERS;

INFRARED SPECTRA; KENAF; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; URONIC ACIDS; XYLANS;

CORYNASCUS HETEROTHALLICUS; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS CANNABINUS; SPOROTHRIX; THERMOASCUS; THERMOASCUS AURANTIACUS;

EID: 33748504976     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2006.02.032     Document Type: Article

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