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. 2021 Apr 1;11(4):967–983. doi: 10.1002/2211-5463.13119

Table 2.

Properties of fungal chitosans [57].

Chitosan from Degree of deacetylation (%) Molecular weight (Da) Viscosity (cP)
Crab shell 97.9 ± 0.9 9.4 × 105 372.7
Aspergillus niger 90.0 ± 2.1 1.4 × 105 6.2
Rhizopus oryzae 87.9 ± 2.1 6.9 × 104 3.5
Lentinus edodes 86.5 ± 2.2 1.9 × 105 5.8
Pleurotus sajo‐caju 83.8 ± 0.1 1.1 × 105 5.6
Zygosaccharomyces rouxii 85.1 ± 1.1 2.7 × 104 3.3
Candida albicans 83.8 ± 0.8 1.1 × 105 3.1