Acid hydrolysis of commercial chitosans

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1291-1296

  Knill, C J ^a   Kennedy, J F ^a   Mistry, J ^a   Miraftab, M ^b   Smart, G ^b   Groocock, M R ^c   Williams, H J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Tubiton House   (United Kingdom)

^d SSL International plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1H NMR spectroscopy; Chitosan; Degree of acetylation; Degree of deacetylation; Degree of substitution; High performance size exclusion chromatography; Hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

CHITOSAN; DEGREE OF ACETYLATION; DEGREE OF DEACETYLATION; DEGREE OF SUBSTITUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CHITIN;

ACID HYDROLASE; CHITOSAN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHITOSAN; HYDROLYSIS;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACETYLATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR SIZE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOMETRY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 27744529609     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.1327     Document Type: Article

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