Chitosan from Mucor rouxii: Production and physico-chemical characterization

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 395-400

  Chatterjee, S ^a   Adhya, M ^a   Guha, A K ^a   Chatterjee, B P ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Fermentation; Mucor rouxii; Polydispersity; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CHITIN; FERMENTATION; FUNGI; MOISTURE; PROTEINS;

MUCOR ROUXII; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

AMYLOMYCES ROUXII; CRUSTACEA; FRAXINUS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MUCOR; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 4444229618     PISSN: 00329592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2004.01.025     Document Type: Article

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