Preparation of chitooligosaccharides with degree of polymerization higher than 6 by acid or enzymatic degradation of chitosan

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-172

  Cabrera, Juan Carlos ^a,b   Van Cutsem, Pierre ^b  

^a Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agricolas Habana   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acid hydrolysis; Chitooligosaccharides; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Enzyme technology; MALDI TOF MS; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; OLIGOMERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLUTIONS; VISCOSITY;

ACID HYDROLYSIS; CHITOOLIGOSACCHARIDES; ENZYME TECHNOLOGY; MALDI-TOF-MS;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

CHITOSAN; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ACETYLATION; ACIDITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 23644434818     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2005.04.025     Document Type: Article

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