Chitosan and method of preparing chitosan

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C08B 37/08 (2006.01) A23L 1/056 (2006.01) C08L 5/08 (2006.01) A61K 31/722 (2006.01) C12P 19/26 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2313836

A highly deacetylated chitosan obtained from microbial biomass, a method of obtaining chitosan from microbial biomass, and biomass for making chitosan are disclosed. The method includes providing chitin-containing biomass; reacting the chitin-containing biomass in a caustic solution of greater than 25 percent alkali at a reaction temperature greater than 95°C for a reaction period of at least 10 hours to convert the chitin in the biomass to chitosan; and separating the chitosan from the caustic solution.

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