Preparation and physico-chemical characterization of chitin and chitosan from the pens of the squid species, Loligo lessoniana and Loligo formosana

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 467-474

  Chandumpai, Ausa ^a   Singhpibulporn, Narongsak ^a   Faroongsarng, Damrongsak ^a   Sornprasit, Prasart ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chitin; Chitosan; Loligo formosana; Loligo lessoniana; Squid pens

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; BIODIVERSITY; HYGROMETERS; NITROGEN; POLLUTION; POLYMERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BIOMEDICINE; CHITOSAN; LOLIGO LESSONIANA; SQUID PENS;

CHITIN;

CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FRAXINUS; LOLIGO; UROTEUTHIS CHINENSIS;

EID: 9644279622     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2004.08.015     Document Type: Article

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