Anticoagulant activity of a sulfated chitosan

Chitin prepared from the shells of rice-field crabs (Somanniathelphusa dugasti) was converted into chitosan with a degree of acetylation of 0.21 and then sulfated with chlorosulfonic acid in N,N-dimethylformamide under semi-heterogeneous conditions to give 87% of water-soluble sulfated chitosan with...

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Main Authors: Vongchan P., Sajomsang W., Subyen D., Kongtawelert P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037118842&partnerID=40&md5=43ebb36f40080cb45ea1aa89d1497c8c
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12110200
http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/2510
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Institution: Chiang Mai University
Language: English
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Summary:Chitin prepared from the shells of rice-field crabs (Somanniathelphusa dugasti) was converted into chitosan with a degree of acetylation of 0.21 and then sulfated with chlorosulfonic acid in N,N-dimethylformamide under semi-heterogeneous conditions to give 87% of water-soluble sulfated chitosan with degree of substitution (d.s) of 2.13. 1H NMR revealed the sulfate substitution at C-2, C-3 and C-6. Gel filtration on Sepharose CL-6B of the sulfated chitosan gave three fractions with average molecular weights of 7.1, 3.5, and 1.9×104. The three sulfated chitosan preparations showed strong anticoagulant activities, with the same mechanism of action observed for standard therapeutic heparin. © 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.