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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 9.
Published in final edited form as: Biomacromolecules. 2011 Mar 16;12(5):1428–1437. doi: 10.1021/bm101192b

Table 1.

The characteristics of Chitosan-NAC produced from different feed ratios of NAC/Chitosan

Samples Feeding
NAC/Chitosan
(mmole/g)
Obtained
NAC/Chitosan*
(mmole/g)
% mole of
Thiol groups
Maximum
aqueous
solubility (%)
Chitosan-NAC -1 10.0 0.50 8.1 2.5
Chitosan-NAC -2 20.0 1.01 16.3 5.0
Chitosan-NAC -3 30.0 1.45 23.4 8.0
Chitosan-NAC -4 40.0 1.98 31.9 8.0
Chitosan-NAC-5 60.0 2.53 40.8 5.0
*

determined by elemental analysis