| Literature DB >> 12559421 |
M L Duarte1, M C Ferreira, M R Marvão, João Rocha.
Abstract
Linking up the user-friendly and low-priced FTIR with the more sophisticated and high-priced 13C CP/MAS NMR spectroscopies, an improved method to determine the degree of acetylation (DA) of chitins and chitosans was outlined. The method was established for the most complex polymorphic form (alpha-chitin) and for the most problematic range of DA values (most acetylated samples) and can easily be extended to the other polymorphic forms (beta- and gamma-chitins) and to other ranges of DA values.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12559421 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-8130(02)00039-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Biol Macromol ISSN: 0141-8130 Impact factor: 6.953