Reporting degree of deacetylation values of chitosan: the influence of analytical methods

• Main Authors: Khan, TanveerAhmad, Peh, KokKhiang, Ch'ng, Hung Seng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences 2002
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RS Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/31427/1/Reporting_degree.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/31427/; http://www.ualberta.ca/~csps/JPPS5%283%29/K.Peh/chitosan.pdf

PURPOSE: To investigate and compare the effect of three analytical methods, hydrogen bromide titrimetry (HBr titrimetry), infrared spectroscopy (IR spectroscopy), and first derivative UV-spectrophotometry (FDUV-spectrophotometry) in the determination of degree of deacetylation (DD) of chitosan. ME...