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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 62, Issue 4, Pages 357-368Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2005.08.012
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chitosan oligosaccharides (COS); low molecular weight chitosan (LMWC); bioactivity; enzymatic hydrolysis; dual reactor
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Many researchers have focused chitosan as a source of potential bioactive material during past few decades. However, chitosan has several drawbacks to be utilized in biological applications, including poor solubility under physiological conditions. Therefore, a new interest has recently been emerged on partially hydrolyzed chitosan, chitosan oligosaccharides (COS). During the resent past, several technological approaches have been taken to prepare COS and, enzymatic preparation methods captured a great interest due to safe and non-toxic concerns. With time, new improvements were introduced to enzymatic production and presently it has been developed to a continuous production process. Many of the biological activities reported for COS, such as antimicrobial, anticancer, antioxidant, and immunostimulant effects are depend on their physico-chemical properties. In this review, we have summarized different enzymatic preparation methods of COS and some of their reported biological activities. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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