Improving the technology for obtaining of low molecular weight chitosan under conditions of controlled enzymatic cleavage

Relevance. Annotation. Experimental data on improving the production technology of regulated enzymatic cleavage of chitosan to obtain its low-molecular derivatives are presented. Experimental studies were carried out in the conditions of the Department of Disease Diagnostics, Therapy, Obstetrics and Animal Reproduction of the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology — MVA named after K.I. Skryabin and on the basis of the All-Russian Research and Technological Institute of the Biological Industry.
Methods. Acid-soluble chitosan from king crab shell (MM 700 kDa, SDA 85%), chitosan succinate (MM 330 kDa, SZ 75.2%), low-molecular food chitosan (hydrochloride) (MM 50 kDa) were used as raw materials for obtaining new modifications of chitosan, gel chitosan (2% solution in 2% acetic acid) manufactured by Bioprogress LLC.
Results. As a result of the experiment, the technological parameters of obtaining low-molecular chitosan by enzymatic hydrolysis were selected. The greatest decrease in the dynamic viscosity of chitosan was reliably observed in the pilot-industrial series II (by 29.3 times), and the pilot-industrial series I and III — by 6.9 and 10.6 times, respectively. As a result of enzymatic hydrolysis of chitosan in the pilot series II, it was possible to reduce the molecular weight from 700 to 24 kDa, and in series I and III — to 102 and 66 kDa. Based on the research results, a technological scheme for obtaining low-molecular-weight chitosan derivatives by enzymatic hydrolysis has been developed, tested and proposed for industrial use, technical conditions have been developed.

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