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Cellulose Capsules-Analternative to Gelatin

Structural, Functional and Community Aspects

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Biomedical Polymers and Polymer Therapeutics

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  1. Research Laboratories, Shionogi Qualicaps Co., Ltd, 321-5, Ikezawa-cho, Yamato-Koriyama, Nara, 639-1032, Japan

    Nagata Shunji

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  1. University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Emo Chiellini

  2. Niihama National College of Technology, Niihama, Japan

    Junzo Sunamoto

  3. University of Trento, Trento, Italy

    Claudio Migliaresi

  4. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

    Raphael M. Ottenbrite

  5. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Daniel Cohn

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Shunji, N. (2002). Cellulose Capsules-Analternative to Gelatin. In: Chiellini, E., Sunamoto, J., Migliaresi, C., Ottenbrite, R.M., Cohn, D. (eds) Biomedical Polymers and Polymer Therapeutics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46842-5_5

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