Efficient reduction of chitosan molecular weight by high-intensity ultrasound: Underlying mechanism and effect of process parameters

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 5112-5119

  Wu, Tau ^a   Zivanovic, Svetlana ^a   Hayes, Douglas G ^a   Weiss, Jochen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Degradation; High intensity ultrasound; Molecular weight; Random scission model

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; SCAVENGER;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOLARITY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND;

ACETYLATION; CHITOSAN; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SONICATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 47849098235     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf073136q     Document Type: Article

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