Ionic gel formation of a (pseudo)alginate characterised by an alternating MG sequence produced by epimerising mannuronan with AlgE4

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 465-473

  Dentini, Mariella ^a   Rinaldi, Gianluca ^a   Barbetta, Andrea ^a   Risica, Daniela ^a   Anselmi, Claudio ^a   Skjåk Bræk, Gudmund ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alternating mannuronic guluronic sequences; Circular dichroism; Molecular dynamics; Pseudo(alginates) calcium gels; Rheology

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION SENSORS; CARBOXYLATION; CATALYSIS; COMPOSITION; ELECTROSTATIC REPRODUCTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OLIGOMERS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY;

ALTERNATING MANNURONIC-GULURONIC SEQUENCES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; PSEUDO(ALGINATES)/CALCIUM GELS;

GELATION;

EID: 33846220748     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2006.06.020     Document Type: Article

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