Isolation of Chitin/Chitosan from Artemiaparthenogenetica Crustacean Cysts and Preparation of Its Hydrophobically Modified Derivatives

摘要

A technique for obtaining chitosan with a high degree of deacetylationhas been developed based on alkaline hydrolysis of chitin isolated from cysts Artemia Parthenogenetica crustaceans. The methods of synthesis of amphiphilic chitosan derivatives based on partial acylation or alkylation of the amino group of biopolymer have been proposed. The obtained N-acetyl- and N-oleoylchitosanscan be used in biochemical studies, in particular, for obtaining complexes with DNA.