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Gábor Lehoczki1, Lili Kandra1, Gyöngyi Gyémánt1

  • 1Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, P.O. Box 400, H-4002, Debrecen, Hungary.

Carbohydrate Polymers
|January 22, 2018
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Keywords:
AmylaseAssay methodMicrocalorimetryStarch azure

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