Physico-chemical characterization of fungal chitosan from shiitake stipes

LWT

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 472-479

  Yen, Ming Tsung ^a   Mau, Jeng Leun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Characterization; Chitosan; Fungal chitin; Lentinula edodes; Shiitake stipes

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FUNGI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHITOSAN; FUNGAL CHITIN; LENTINULA EDODES; SHIITAKE STIPES;

CHITIN;

LENTINULA EDODES;

EID: 33750463729     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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