Synthesis and properties of oligochitosan ascorbate from Bombyx mori

Abstract

Oligochitosan samples were obtained by acid hydrolysis of high molecular weight chitosan isolated from Bombyx mori (B.M.). Carrying out acid hydrolysis for 6 hours, it was found that after 4 hours and further with increasing duration, the molecular weight of chitosan decreases to a value corresponding to the ranges of mo-lecular weights of oligochitosan 2–16 kDa. It has been seen that the optimal duration of hydrolysis, leading to the production of oligochitosan with a molecular weight of less than 16 kDa, should be considered 4–5 hours. Depolymerization of chitosan with a molecular weight of 177 kDa was carried out using sodium nitrite in so-lution to obtain oligochitosan with a molecular weight of 6 kDa. On the basis of oligochitosan samples ob-tained by two methods, their ascorbates were received. Under constant conditions with varying the ratio of the components (ChS:AA) and the pH of the solution, the reaction of chitosan ascorbate formation was car-ried out on the basis of the suspension method. The composition, structure, and molecular weight characteris-tics of oligochitosan ascorbate and oligochitosan Bombyx morisamples were confirmed by physicochemical methods. It has been seen that the obtained samples have antimicrobial properties against Fuzarium oxysporum.