Sonication of chitin-glucan, preparation of water-soluble fractions and characterization by HPLC |
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Authors: | Mislovicová D Masárová J Bendzálová K Soltés L Machová E |
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Institution: | Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. mislovicova@savba.sk |
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Abstract: | A water-insoluble chitin-glucan complex, isolated from the mycelium of Aspergillus niger, was swollen in various aqueous media and treated subsequently by high-energy sonication. The concentration of the resulting water-soluble polysaccharide fractions was dependent on the swelling medium, the amount of the chitin-glucan complex in the suspension, and on the time of sonication. The yields of water-soluble chitin-glucan were within the range 13.6 to 24.4% relative to the mass of the original chitin-glucan. The nitrogen content obtained for the samples of water-soluble chitin-glucan indicated a higher content of chitin (3.45% of nitrogen in high-molecular fraction) than in the original water-insoluble chitin-glucan sample (1.8%). The distribution of the molecular weights of the water-soluble fractions prepared was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography. |
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