Determination of the Deacetylation Degree of Chitooligosaccharides

Marine Drugs

Chuhan Fu¹  Zhengquan Su¹  Yao Jiang¹  Sihui Wu²  Jiao Guo³  Guihua Liu⁴ 

[1] Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Natural Products and New Drugs, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China;Guangdong Food and Drug Vocational Technical School, Guangzhou 510663, China;Guangdong Metabolic Diseases Research Center of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Key Unit of Modulating Liver to Treat Hyperlipemia SATCM (State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China;Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 8 Longyuan Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, China;

关键词: chitooligosaccharides;    deacetylation;    bromocresol green;    acid-base titration;    first-order derivative UV spectra;    1H NMR;   

DOI  :  10.3390/md15110332

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The methods for determination of chitosan content recommended in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia and the European Pharmacopoeia are not applicable for evaluation of the extent of deacetylation (deacetylation degree, DD) in chitooligosaccharides (COS). This study explores two different methods for assessment of DD in COS having relatively high and low molecular weights: an acid-base titration with bromocresol green indicator and a first order derivative UV spectrophotometric method for assessment of DD in COS. The accuracy of both methods as a function of molecular weight was also investigated and compared to results obtained using 1H NMR spectroscopy. Our study demonstrates two simple, fast, widely adaptable, highly precise, accurate, and inexpensive methods for the effective determination of DD in COS, which have the potential for widespread commercial applications in developing country.

【 授权许可】

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