| Title |
Value |
| Polysaccharide |
Chitosan |
| Source Name |
Crustacean |
| Weight |
|
| Main Glycosidic Bond(s) |
|
| Main Chain |
A linear polymer composed of glucosamine and N-acetylglucosamine linked by β-(1→4) glycosidic bonds. |
| Side Chain |
No relevant information could be found in the literature. |
| NMR Information |
unknown
|
| Monosaccharide |
| glucosamine |
Exist (No specific proportion could be found in the literature) |
|
| Physiological Functions |
Biocompatible, capable of electrostatically binding or encapsulating anionic compounds such as proteins and nucleic acids. It can be used as a delivery carrier in gene therapy to protect nucleic acids and proteins from the action of enzymes in biological systems.
|
| Intestinal Microbiota Regulation |
unknown
|
| Related Diseases (based on ICD-11) |
|
| Correlation map |
Click to view |
| DOI |
10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00855 |
Data Source Statement:
The data included in the DoLPHiN database is sourced exclusively from peer-reviewed original publications and presented after normalization.
