Biosurfactants in the food industry

Biosurfactants: Research Trends and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 177-196

  Nitschke, Marcia ^a   Costa, Siddhartha G V A O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MCT   (Brazil)

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DOI: 10.1201/b16383     Document Type: Chapter

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