NEAR NEUTRAL AQUEOUS CHITOSAN SOLUTION, ITS DRIED PRODUCT, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a chitosan solution stable at near neutral and its dried product, these are widely applicable to the fields of cosmetics, foodstuff and the like. SOLUTION: The stable aqueous chitosan solution containing chitosan solubilized with use of an inorganic or organic acid,...

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Hauptverfasser: ODANAKA SUSUMU, YAKO HIROSHI
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a chitosan solution stable at near neutral and its dried product, these are widely applicable to the fields of cosmetics, foodstuff and the like. SOLUTION: The stable aqueous chitosan solution containing chitosan solubilized with use of an inorganic or organic acid, has pH of neutral, preferably pH 6 to 7, without including any excess acid practically, and is processed to a dried product thereof. The chitosan solution is deacidified to the extent of giving no acidic stimulation to the skin. A method of producing the aqueous chitosan solution is characterized by that chitosan is dissolved in an acid, then the excess acid is removed giving the near neutral stable aqueous chitosan solution by controlling a water content of the chitosan solution, after removing the excess acid, so that concentration of the chitosan may keep a constant value providing pH of near neutral. After removal of the excess acid, and chitosan is treated with an adsorbent. The chitosan is dispersed in water and is dissolved by adding an inorganic or organic acid. The excess acid is removed by using a strong or weak basic anion exchange resin or chitosan derived from a natural product.