Chitosan/Oligochitosan Powder

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Generally speaking, chitin mainly refers to chitosan, which is also called chitin, deacetylated chitin, deacylated chitin, soluble chitin, and soluble chitin. Amorphous solid, specific rotation [α] D11—3°～+10°. Almost insoluble in water, but soluble in organic acids such as formic acid, acetic acid, benzoic acid and naphthenic acid and dilute inorganic acids. The industrial product is a white or off-white translucent flaky solid with a slight pearl luster. Odorless, non-toxic and easy to degrade, it is a rare natural cationic polyelectrolyte. The polysaccharide obtained by hydrolyzing or enzymatically removing the acetyl group on the glycosyl of chitin with strong alkali. It can be dissolved in low-acidity aqueous solution, has good biocompatibility, has no antigenicity, and is insoluble in human body fluid. It is obtained from chitin in the shells of lower animals and plants widely present in nature, such as arthropods (shrimp, crab), and deacetylated by adding alkali and heating.

1. It is a natural, non-toxic preservative and flocculant in the food industry, and can absorb heavy metal ions such as cadmium, mercury, and copper in water
2. Used as industrial wastewater and urban sewage treatment agent, precipitant
3. Thickener, stabilizer, gelling agent, binder. It is also used to prevent mildew in acidic substances, and can form a transparent semi-permeable film on the surface. For pickled products, baked products, bread, oily food, etc.
4. Mainly used in food, medicine, agricultural seeds, daily chemical industry, industrial wastewater treatment and other industries. Oligochitosan has the functions of improving immunity, activating cells, preventing cancer, lowering blood fat, lowering blood pressure, anti-aging, and regulating the environment of the body. It can be used in the fields of medicine, health care, and food. In the field of environmental protection, chitosan can be used for sewage treatment, protein recovery, water purification, etc. In the field of functional materials, chitosan can be used in membrane materials, carriers, adsorbents, fibers, medical materials, etc. In the textile field, chitosan can be used in fabric finishing, health care underwear, paper-making additives, etc. In the field of agriculture, it can be applied to feed addition, seed treatment, soil improvement, fruit preservation, etc. In the field of tobacco, chitosan is a tobacco sheet glue with good performance, and has the characteristics of improving taste, burning non-toxic and odorless.
5. Chitosan is a biocompatible, antibacterial and biodegradable polyelectrolyte, which has a wide range of biomedical and industrial applications. Its chemical properties and low toxicity can be used as a component of drugs, in gene transfer systems, as biodegradable membranes, and as scaffolds in tissue engineering.