New Developments in Industrial Polysaccharides
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: January 1, 1985
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9782881240324
Subjects: Chemistry; Industrial applications of scientific research & technological innovation; Technology Of Organic Products; Science; Science/Mathematics; Chemistry - General; Science / Chemistry / General; Biotechnology
First sentence: In 1811 Gay-Lussac and J. Thenard pointed out that starch and "ligneous matter" had an elemental composition equal to the sum of carbon and water and suggested the term "carbohydrate" for such substances.