Food Science and Technology Research
Online ISSN : 1881-3984
Print ISSN : 1344-6606
ISSN-L : 1344-6606
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Production of Chitosan Oligosaccharides at High Concentration by Immobilized Chitosanase
Mei MINGTakashi KUROIWASosaku ICHIKAWASeigo SATOSukekuni MUKATAKA
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2006 Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages 85-90

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The production of high concentrations of physiologically active pentameric and hexameric chitosan oligosaccharides was investigated. Chitosanase directly immobilized on an agar gel-coated multidisk impeller was used for the hydrolysis of chitosan. As hydrolysis proceeded, the concentration of chitosan was increased from the saturation concentration (20kg/m3) to 50kg/m3 by stepwise addition of chitosan powder with pH control. The timing of the addition of the chitosan powder was determined by monitoring the change in the torque required to agitate the reaction solution. The target products were produced more efficiently when the chitosan powder was added over a short interval rather than a long interval. When hydrolysis of a 50kg/m3 chitosan solution at 50°C was repeated three times using the same immobilized enzyme, the target products were obtained in high concentrations (20kg/m3) from each of the three reactions with no reduction in the activity of the immobilized enzyme.

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