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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kim, J.Y., Jeju Biodiversity Research Institute, Jeju Hi-Tech Industry Development Institute, Jeju, Republic of Korea
• Kim, K.N., Jeju Biodiversity Research Institute, Jeju Hi-Tech Industry Development Institute, Jeju, Republic of Korea
• Kim, J.G., Kunpoong Bio Co., Ltd., Jeju, Republic of Korea
• Kim, S.C., Kunpoong Bio Co., Ltd., Jeju, Republic of Korea
• Lee, W.J., Jeju Biodiversity Research Institute, Jeju Hi-Tech Industry Development Institute, Jeju, Republic of Korea
• Hyun, C.G., Jeju Biodiversity Research Institute, Jeju Hi-Tech Industry Development Institute, Jeju, Republic of Korea

Titel

In Vitro Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Chitosan Oligosaccharides

Ist Teil von

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry, 2009, 52(2), , pp.84-87

Ort / Verlag

한국응용생명화학회

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Chitinous materials such as chitin and chitosan are the second most abundant biopolymers on earth after cellulose. Chitin, and insoluble and linear homopolymer of linked 1,4-N-acetyl-glucosamine, is an abundant, renewable, natural material present in cell walls of fungi and certain green algae, and it is the major component of the shells and exoskeletons of crustaceans and insects. Chitosan is a polycationic copolymer consisting of β-1,4-linked 2-acetamido-D-glucose and β-1,4-linked 2-amino-D-glucose units. Crab and shrimp shell wastes are currently utilized as the major industrial source of biomass for large-scale production of chitosan.