A Simple Approach to Produce Tailor-Made Chitosans with Specific Degrees of Acetylation and Molecular Weights

Chitin is a structural polysaccharide that is found in crustaceans, insects, fungi and some yeasts. Chitin deacetylation produces chitosan, a well-studied biopolymer with reported chemical and biological properties for diverse potential applications for drug delivery, metal ion absorption, scaffolds...

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Main Authors: Luis-Felipe Sánchez, Jimmy Cánepa, Suyeon Kim, Javier Nakamatsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Polymers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/15/2415