The chemistry of mucin glycoprotein in swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus) edible bird's nest

• Main Author: Shim, Eric Kian Shiun
• Other Authors: Alessandra Bonanni
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89891; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47738
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The chemistry of mucin glycoprotein in edible bird’s nest (EBN), an esteemed delicacy and broad-spectrum supplement, produced by swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus has been explored in this thesis. In the first part of the project, the use of Raman microspectroscopy and thermal analysis tools (therm...