Antioxidant activity of N-acyl chitosan oligosaccharide with same substituting degree

Tao Sun1, Yun Zhu, Jing Xie

  • 1College of Food Science & Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China. taosun@shou.edu.cn

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