Temperature shifts for extraction and purification of Zygomycetes chitosan with dilute sulfuric acid

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2976-2987

  Zamani, Akram ^a,b   Edebo, Lars ^c   Niklasson, Claes ^b   Taherzadeh, Mohammad J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fungal chitosan; Phosphate release; Rhizomucor pusillus; Sulfuric acid

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL BIOMASS; HEATING; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PURIFICATION; RHIZOMUCOR; RHIZOMUCOR PUSILLUS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SUSPENSION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; FRACTIONATION; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES;

RHIZOMUCOR PUSILLUS; ZYGOMYCETES;

CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHITOSAN; HOT TEMPERATURE; RHIZOMUCOR; SULFURIC ACIDS;

EID: 77957919137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms11082976     Document Type: Article

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