Chitosan as a dietary supplement and a food technology agent

Functional Food Carbohydrates

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 215-248

  Muzzarelli, Riccardo A A ^a   Muzzarelli, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; MOLLUSCS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SHELLFISH;

BUDDING YEASTS; COVALENT BONDING; CRYSTALLINITIES; CUTTLEFISH BONES; DEGREE OF ACETYLATION; LEGUMINOUS PLANTS; LIVING ORGANISMS; ROOT NODULES;

CHITIN;

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