Influence of viscosity and uronic acid composition of alginates on the properties of alginate films and microspheres produced by emulsification

Journal of Microencapsulation

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 912-927

  Lee, Huey Ying ^a   Chan, Lai Wah ^a   Dolzhenko, Anton V ^a   Heng, Paul Wan Sia ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alginate microspheres; Emulsification; Size fractions; Tensile properties; Uronic acid composition

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM ALGINATE; CALCIUM ION; MICROSPHERE; SULFAGUANIDINE; URONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RELEASE; EMULSION; ENCAPSULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

ALGINATES; CALCIUM; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMULSIONS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MICROSPHERES; PARTICLE SIZE; SODIUM; TENSILE STRENGTH; URONIC ACIDS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33847412725     PISSN: 02652048     EISSN: 14645246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652040601058368     Document Type: Article

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