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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 186, Issue -, Pages 299-309Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.01.050
Keywords
Chitosan; Oxidation; 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidinoxyl radical (TEMPO); Laccase; pH-responsive hydrogel; Soluble chitosan
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- National Research Council of Brazil - CNPq [249593/2013-0]
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) in the framework of the TASC Technology Area BIOMASS
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Chitosan is a polysaccharide with recognized antioxidant, antimicrobial and wound healing activities. However, this polymer is soluble only in dilute acidic solutions, which restricts much of its applications. A usual strategy for improving the functionality of polysaccharides is the selective oxidation mediated by 2,2,6,6-tetra-methyl-1piperidinidyloxy (TEMPO) using laccase as a co-oxidant. In this work, the TEMPO-laccase redox system was used for the first time to selectively oxidize chitosan in order to produce tailored derivatives. The reaction was performed at pH 4.5 under continuous air supply and the oxidized products were characterized structurally and functionally. The TEMPO-laccase oxidation successfully added aldehyde and carboxylate groups to chitosan structure resulting in derivatives with oxidation between 4 and 7%. These derivatives showed increased solubility and decreased viscosity in solution. If chitosan is dissolved in diluted hydrochloric acid prior to TEMPO-laccase oxidation, a crosslinked chitosan derivative was produced, which was able to form a pH-responsive hydrogel.
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