Chitin and chitosan - special class of dietary fiber

CRC Handbook of Dietary Fiber in Human Nutrition, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 45-47

  Furda, Ivan ^a  

^a Furda and Associates   (United States)

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