Pullulan: An exopolysaccharide and its various applications

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 540-549

  Prajapati, Vipul D ^a   Jani, Girish K ^a   Khanda, Simin M ^a  

^a SSR College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium pullulan; Biomedical; Diagnostic application; Linkage; Medical imaging; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE PROPERTIES; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BIOMEDICAL; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS; LINKAGE; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PULLULANS;

GENE TRANSFER; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POLYSACCHARIDES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

DRUG THERAPY;

GLUCAN; PULLULAN;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GLUCANS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

AUREOBASIDIUM; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CHAETOTHYRIALES;

EID: 84875520959     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.02.082     Document Type: Review

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