Molecular flexibility of citrus pectins by combined sedimentation and viscosity analysis

Food Hydrocolloids

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1435-1442

  Morris, Gordon A ^a   de al Torre, José García ^b   Ortega, Alvaro ^b   Castile, Jonathan ^a   Smith, Alan ^a   Harding, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conformation zoning; Intrinsic viscosity; Persistence length; Sedimentation coefficient; Target function

Indexed keywords

CITRUS;

EID: 44549089098     PISSN: 0268005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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