Determination of the Uronic Acid Content Of Plant Cell Walls Using A Colorimetric Assay

Handbook of Food Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2005, Pages 735-738

  Melton, Laurence D ^a   Smith, Bronwen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

COLORIMETRIC ASSAYS; PLANT CELL WALL; URONIC ACIDS;

CHEMISTRY;

EID: 38549104455     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0471709085.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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