Formation of kafirin microparticles by phase separation from an organic acid and their characterisation

Journal of Cereal Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-105

  Taylor, Janet ^a   Taylor, John R N ^a   Belton, Peter S ^b   Minnaar, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kafirin; Microparticles; Microscopy; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649363313     PISSN: 07335210     EISSN: 10959963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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