Study on biological activity of chitosan after radiation processing

Nukleonika

Volumn 53, Issue , 2008, Pages S73-S76

  Gryczka, Urszula ^a   Gawrońska, Helena ^b   Migdal, Wojciech ^a   Gawroński, Stanislaw W ^b   Chmielewski, Andrzej G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biomass; Biostimulators; Chitosan; Ionizing radiation; Willow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859727062     PISSN: 00295922     EISSN: 15085791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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