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Chemically Modified Chitosans

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Chitin in Nature and Technology

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Oligomers have been primarily obtained by chemical or enzymatic hydrolysis of chitin. As opposed to previous processes, the use of hydrogen fluoride for the preparation of these compounds offers an alternative and convenient approach. Whereas the use of other mineral acids may give N-deacetylated products, depolymerisation using HF preserves this linkage. Oligomers produced from the HF hydrolysis of chitin can be separated by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) on Biogel P-4 equilibrated with ammonium acetate buffer (0.05 M, pH 4.5).

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  1. Istituto di Chimica e Biochimica “G. Ronzoni”, V. G. Colombo, 81, 1-20133, Milano, Italy

    A. A. Muzzarelli, B. Casu, T. Compagnoni, A. Naggi & G. Torri

  2. Stazione Sperimentale Cellulosa, P. Leonardo, 1-20133, Milano, Italy

    B. Focher & A. Massoli

  3. Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica e Metallorganica, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy

    A. Gervasini & F. Morazzoni

  4. Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060, Japan

    A. Ebina (Faculty of Sciences), Y. Maekita (Faculty of Sciences), A. Nishi (Faculty of Sciences), S. Nishimura (Faculty of Sciences), S. Tokura (Faculty of Sciences) & A. Tsutsumi (Faculty of Sciences)

  5. Centre Recherches Macromolecules Végétales, C.NR.S. Grenoble, B.P. 68, F-38402, St. Martin d’Hères, France

    A. Domard, A. Gadelle & M. Rinaudo

  6. Physical Sciences Department, Trent Polytechnic, Burton st., Nottingham, England, NG1 4BU

    J. C. Domszy, G. A. F. Roberts & F. A. Wood

  7. Wella A.G., Berliner allée 65, D-6100, Darmstadt, Germany

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  8. Zoologisches Institut der Universität, Röntgenring 10, D-8700, Würzburg, Germany

    O. P. Agrawal & K. Scheller (Faculty of Sciences)

  9. Department of Agricultural Biochemistry, University of Tottori, Tottori, 680, Japan

    K. Fuji-i, S. Hirano & Y. Kondo

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Muzzarelli, A.A. et al. (1986). Chemically Modified Chitosans. In: Muzzarelli, R., Jeuniaux, C., Gooday, G.W. (eds) Chitin in Nature and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2167-5_38

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