Production, properties and applications of fungal cell wall polysaccharides: Chitosan and glucan

Advances in Polymer Science

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 187-208

  Nwe, Nitar ^a   Furuike, Tetsuya ^a   Tamura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Fungi; Glucan; Production; Properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053531029     PISSN: 00653195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/12_2011_124     Document Type: Article

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