Review
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2016.
World J Med Genet. Aug 27, 2016; 6(3): 22-33
Published online Aug 27, 2016. doi: 10.5496/wjmg.v6.i3.22
Figure 1
Figure 1 Chitin and chitosan molecular structure. The molecular structure of chitin (A) differs from chitosan (B) through its deacetylation. The resulting amino group on chitosan has a pKa of 6.5[12].