Chitosans

Food Polysaccharides and Their Applications: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 497-520

  Vårum, Kjell M ^a   Smidsrød, Olav ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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