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Li-Chun Chen1, Bo-Kai Jiang2, Wen-Hao Zheng2

  • 1College of Food & Biology Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310035, China.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
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HypoglycemicPolysaccharidesStructural characterization

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