Chemistry of β-glucans

Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biology of 1-3 Beta Glucans and Related Polysaccharides

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 5-46

  Stone, Bruce A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373971-1.00002-9     Document Type: Chapter

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