High yield production of monomer-free chitosan oligosaccharides by pepsin catalyzed hydrolysis of a high deacetylation degree chitosan

Enzyme Monomers (%) COS (%) LMWC (%) Cellulase 4.6 46.1 49.3 Pepsin n.d. 52.2 47.8 Lipase A 7.1 42.5 50.4 Chitosanase 9.1 46.3 44.6 The high molecular weight of chitosan, which results in a poor solubility at neutral pH values and high viscosity aqueous solutions, limits its potential uses in the fi...

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