Table 1. Liquid-state 13C-NMR chemical-shift (δ) values (p.p.m.) of native chitosan and chito-oligomeric/monomeric mixture obtained using papain and Pronase.
| δ (p.p.m.) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | –C=O | C1 | C4 | C5 | C3 | C6 | C2 | –CH3 |
| Chitosan | 181.21 | 98.19 | 77.21 | 75.42 | 70.65 | 60.69 | 58.47 | 24.58 |
| Chito-oligomeric/monomeric mixture | ||||||||
| Papain | 177.15 | 98.14 | 77.26 | 75.41 | 70.71 | 60.78 | 56.46 | 23.01 |
| Pronase | 178.48 | 102.1 | 79.26 | 77.84 | 72.64 | 62.18 | 58.98 | 24.00 |