| Literature DB >> 12959591 |
Hitoshi Sashiwa1, Naoki Yamamori, Yoshifumi Ichinose, Junzo Sunamoto, Sei-ichi Aiba.
Abstract
A Michael reaction of chitosan was conducted in water containing acetic acid with various acryl reagents. The degree of substitution could be controlled by temperature, reaction time, and the amount of acryl reagents. Although the modified chitosan derivatives with acrylic acid esters showed water-solubility, that with poly(ethylene glycol) acrylate, however, turned to water-insoluble material by lyophilization. Good biodegradation was observed in modified chitosan derivatives by standard activated sludge.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12959591 DOI: 10.1021/bm030022o
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biomacromolecules ISSN: 1525-7797 Impact factor: 6.988