Structure–property relationships in chitosan

Chemical and Functional Properties of Food Saccharides

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 217-230

  Einbu, Aslak ^a   Vårum, Kjell M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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