• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.26-31
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• 1999

The advantages of the organism Streptomycs griseus HUT 6037 is that the chitinase and chitosanase using chitinaceouse substrate are capable of hydrolyzing both amorphous and crystalline chitin and chitosan. We attempted to investigate the optimization of induction protocol for high-level production and secretion of chitosanase and the influence of chitin and partially deacetylated chitosan sources (75∼99% deacetylation). The maximum specific activity or chitinase has been found at 5 days cultivation with the 48 hours induction time using colloidal chitin as a carbon source. To investigate characteristic of chitosan activity according to substrate, we used chitosan with various degree of deacetylation as a carbon source and found that this strain accumulates chitosanase in the culture medium using chitosanaceous substrates rather than chitinaceous substrates. The highest chitosanase activity was also presented on 4 days with 99% deacetylated chitosan. The partially 53% deacetylated chitosan can secrete both chitinase and chitosanase which was defined as a soluble chitosan. The specific activities of chitinase and chitosanase were 0.89 at 3 days and 1.33 U/mg protein at 5 days, respectively. It indicate that chitosanase obtained from S. griseus HUT 6037 can hydrolyze GlcNAc-GlcN and GlcN-GlcN linkages by exo-splitting manner. This activity increased with increasing degree of deacetylation of chitosan. It is the first attempted to investigate the effects of chitosanase on various degrees of deacetylations of chitosan by S. griseus HUT 6037. The highest specific activity of chitosanase was obtained with 99% deacetylated chitosan.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.317-323
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• 2004

This study was performed to investigate the antimicrobial effects of hetero-chitosans and their oligosaccharides against three Gram-negative bacteria and five Gram-positive bacteria. Nine classes of hetero-chitosan oligosaccharides consisted of partially deacetylated chitosans; 90％, 75％, and 50％ deacetylated chitosans. Based on molecular weight, they were prepared using an ultrafiltration membrane reactor system. Seventy-five percent deacetylated chitosan showed the highest antimicrobial acitivity as compared with the 90％ and 50％ deacetylated chitosan, and the activity was dependent on their molecular weights. It was apparent that the growth of Gram-negative bacteria is less inhibited in the presence of the heterochitosans and their oligosaccharides than Gram-positive bacteria. These results revealed that the antimicrobial effects of hetero-chitosans and their oligosaccharides depend on the degree of deacetylation, and their molecular weights.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.41-47
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• 2004

This study was performed to investigate the antimicrobial effects of hetero-chitosans and their oligosaccharides on the halophilic bacterium, Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Nine classes of hetero-chitosan oligosaccharides were prepared based on their molecular weights, using an ultrafiltration membrane reactor system with chitosanase and celluase, from partially different deacetylated chitosans, 90%, 75%, and 50% deacetylated chitosan, respectively. Thirty-two strains of V. parahaemolyticus were isolated from various marine organisms such as shellfish, shrimps, octopus, and seabirds. Seventy-five percent deacetylated chitosan showed the highest antimicrobial acitivity. The minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) was 0.5 mg/ml on 14 strains of V. parahaemolyticus, and MIC of the rest strains (18 strains) was 1.0 mg/ml. In addition, MIC of most hetero-chitosan oligosaccharides was 8.0 mg/ml. The results revealed that the antimicrobial effects of hetero-chitosans and their oligosaccharides against V. parahaemolyticus depend on the degree of deacetylation, their molecular weights, and strains tested.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.122-127
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• 1997

Chitin and chitosan have been almost neglected until 1960's although they second largest biomass on earth. Chitosan is a partially deacetylated chitin and belongs to the class of cationic biopolymers. We investigated the antimicrobial activity of chitosan as natural preservatives in cosmetic products. Antimicrobial activity of chitosan against some microorganisms was investigated. The results indicated that chitosan had an effectiveness against some bacteria. We found that chitosan had minimum inhibitory concentataions as low as 100 ppm to S. aureus ATCC 6538, E. coli ATCC 1634 and P. aeruginosa KCTC 2004. But there was not effects to Asp. Niger ATCC 1374 at 1,000 ppm. Also, formuias preserved with chitosan have been subjected to preservative efficacy tests to some microorganisms. Formla preserved with 0.5% chitosan had an effective antimicrobial activity against the Gram (+) and Gram (-) bacteria but not fungi. It is possible to dertermine the formulas with chitosan, which would be effective to reduce the artificial preservatives.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.263-269
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• 2007

Chitosan is a depolymerized and partially deacetylated derivative of chitin. We investigated the cytotoxicity of chitosan in cancer cell lines, such as P388, L1210, HCT-15, SK-HepG-1 and mouse splenocytes as a normal cell by MTT assay. To clarify whether chitosan enhances cytotoxicity of anticancer drugs, we also examined the cytotoxicity of combined treatment with chitosan and anticancer drugs, such as cisplatin, mitomycin C, and 5-fluorouracil in cancer cell lines in vitro. Chitosan ($37.5\;{\mu}g/mL,\;75\;{\mu}g/mL,\;112.5\;{\mu}g/mL,\;and\;150\;{\mu}g/mL$) showed concentration-dependent cytotoxicity in the cancer cell lines. In addition, chitosan showed relatively lower cytotoxicity in normal cells than in the cancer cell lines. Particularly, this trend was significant at high doses of chitosan, i.e. $112.5\;{\mu}g/mL,\;and\;150\;{\mu}g/mL$. Thus, these results suggest that chitosan may selectively induce the growth inhibition in cancer cell lines, compared to normal cells. Furthermore. the co-treatment of chitosan and anticancer drugs exhibited an apparant synergistic cytotoxicity in murine lymphoma cell lines, i.e. P388 and L1210 at $37.5\;{\mu}g/mL$ of chitosan rather than at $75\;{\mu}g/mL$ of chitosan, but such phenomenon could not be observed in solid tumor cell lines, i.e. HCT-15 and SK-HepG-1. However, chitosan did'nt reduced the cytotoxicity against normal mouse splenocytes induced by anticancer drugs. Therefore, it is concluded that the combination of chitosan and anticancer drugs might be useful for the cancer chemotherapy.

• 공업화학
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.899-903
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• 1994

게껍질로부터 Hackman법으로 키틴을 추출하였고 키토산은 이것을 일정 온도($100^{\circ}C$)에서 NaOH 용액의 농도와 반응 시간을 변화시켜 각각의 탈아세틸화 정도에 따라 제조하였다. 제조한 시료들은 A=19%, B=52%, C=70% 그리고 D=93%의 탈아세틸화된 것을 사용해 여러 가지 시험을 하였다. 분자량은 탈아세틸화도가 증가함에 따라 감소되는 현상을 나타냈고, 폐수처리 효과에 있어서 SS 제거율은 탈아세틸화도가 증가함에 따라 증가하였고 pH 9에서 우수한 성능을 나타냈으며, COD 제거율은 중성 영역에서 가장 좋게 나타났다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.100-105
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• 2002

중합도 n$\leq$10을 갖는 N-아세틸-D-글루코사민(GlcNAc)을 미생물 Serratia marcesce-ns QM B14f6의 최소배지 회분식 발효를 이용하여 키틴 및 키토산을 분해하는 효소 키티나제(1.5 unit/mL) [키토바이아제(3.48 unit/mL)가 포함됨]를 생성시킨다. 효소 반응에 의한 키토올리고당의 생성 활성을 규명하기 위하여 부분적으로 탈아세틸화된 키토산을 효소적 가수분해 반응시킴으로써 생성된 N-아세틸-D-글루코사민과 D-글루코사민의 키토올리고당의 생성 패턴을 확인 조사한다. 이 혼합 올리고머로부터 CM-Sephadex의 컬럼 크로마토그래피에 의하여 당별로 분획시켜 추출한 헤테로 키토 올리고당들을 각각 N-아세틸화하고 이 최종 생성물을 전기투석 장치로서 정제하여 키토올리고 1-7당을 제조하였다. 부분적으로 탈아세틸화 키토산(환원당으로서 2697 mg/mL)을 효소반응에 의해 생성시킨 키토올리고당은 1당으로서 GlcNAc=4.25%, 2당 $(GlcNAc)_2$=4.49%, 3당 $(GlcNAc)_3$=11.1%, 4당 $(GlcNAc)_4$=2.5%, 5당 $(GlcNAc)_{5}$ =0.64%, 6당$(GlcNAc)_{6}$=2.12%, 7당 $(GlcNAc)_{7}$=1.21%가 각각 제조되었다.