Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules22010156
Keywords
antioxidant activity; chemical modification; chitosan derivatives; amino-pyridine
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41576156]
- Shandong Province Science and Technology Development Plan [2015GSF121045]
- Yantai Science and Technology Development Plan [2015ZH078]
- Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean [201505022-3]
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Chemical modification of chitosan is increasingly studied for its potential of providing new applications of chitosan. Here, a group of novel chitosan quaternary ammonium derivatives containing pyridine or amino-pyridine were designed and successfully synthesized through chemical modification of chitosan. Pyridine and amino-pyridine were used as functional groups to improve the antifungal activity of chitosan derivatives. The chitosan derivatives' antioxidant activity against hydroxyl-radical and 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH)-radical was tested in vitro. The results showed that chitosan derivatives had better water solubility and stronger antioxidant activity compared with chitosan in all assays. Especially, compounds 3C and 3E (with 3-amino pyridine and 2,3-diamino pyridine as substitute respectively) exhibited stronger hydroxyl-radical and DPPH-radical scavenging ability than other synthesized compounds. These data demonstrated that the synergistic effect of the amino group and pyridine would improve the antioxidant activity of chitosan derivatives, and the position of the amino group on pyridine could influence the antioxidant property of chitosan derivatives.
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