Food applications of chitin and chitosans

Trends in Food Science & Technology - Tập 10 Số 2 - Trang 37-51 - 1999
Fereidoon Shahidi1, Janak Kamil Vidana Arachchi1, You‐Jin Jeon1
1Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, A1B 3X9 Canada

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