Production of chitosan oligosaccharides at high concentration by immobilized chitosanase

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-90

  Ming, Mei ^a   Kuroiwa, Takashi ^a   Ichikawa, Sosaku ^a   Sato, Seigo ^a   Mukataka, Sukekuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Chitosan; Chitosan oligosaccharides; Immobilized chitosanase

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750308990     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.12.85     Document Type: Article

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