Rheological and gelling properties of a novel glucan from Leuconostoc dextranicum NRRL B-1146

Food Research International

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 525-528

  Majumder, Avishek ^a   Goyal, Arun ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharide; Glucan; Leuconostoc dextranicum; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAINS; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GELLING AGENTS; GELLING PROPERTIES; GLUCAN; GLUCANSUCRASE; LEUCONOSTOC DEXTRANICUM; NON NEWTONIANS; POROUS STRUCTURES; PSEUDOPLASTIC; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; SIZE EXCLUSIONS; STEADY SHEAR MEASUREMENTS;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; GELATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; PURIFICATION; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY;

SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEUCONOSTOC; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES SUBSP. DEXTRANICUM;

EID: 64249167027     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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