Biological properties and application of chitosan and low molecular weight chitosan in food industry: A review

IF 2.4 3区化学 Q3 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Carbohydrate Research Pub Date : 2025-03-28 DOI:10.1016/j.carres.2025.109475

Jacqueline Onumah , Newlove A. Afoakwah , Peter Osei Boamah , Emmanuel Duah Osei , Anthony Amotoe-Bondzie

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Abstract

Low molecular weight chitosan (LMWCHT) is a natural, non-toxic, biodegradable, and biocompatible polymer with a range of biological activities, including antioxidant, antibacterial, hypocholesterolemic, anti-obesity, cytotoxic, anti-cancer, anti-tumour, and anti-diabetic properties. This review paper focuses on the biological properties and the applications of LMWCHT in the food industry. The applications of LMWCHT as a food additive, food coating, food packaging material, and food biosensor are discussed in detail. Additionally, the importance of LMWCHT in the manufacture of nutraceuticals and functional foods, as well as its role in extending the shelf-life of agri-food products is explored.

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Carbohydrate Research 化学-生化与分子生物学

CiteScore

5.00

自引率

3.20%

发文量

183

审稿时长

3.6 weeks

期刊介绍： Carbohydrate Research publishes reports of original research in the following areas of carbohydrate science: action of enzymes, analytical chemistry, biochemistry (biosynthesis, degradation, structural and functional biochemistry, conformation, molecular recognition, enzyme mechanisms, carbohydrate-processing enzymes, including glycosidases and glycosyltransferases), chemical synthesis, isolation of natural products, physicochemical studies, reactions and their mechanisms, the study of structures and stereochemistry, and technological aspects. Papers on polysaccharides should have a "molecular" component; that is a paper on new or modified polysaccharides should include structural information and characterization in addition to the usual studies of rheological properties and the like. A paper on a new, naturally occurring polysaccharide should include structural information, defining monosaccharide components and linkage sequence. Papers devoted wholly or partly to X-ray crystallographic studies, or to computational aspects (molecular mechanics or molecular orbital calculations, simulations via molecular dynamics), will be considered if they meet certain criteria. For computational papers the requirements are that the methods used be specified in sufficient detail to permit replication of the results, and that the conclusions be shown to have relevance to experimental observations - the authors'' own data or data from the literature. Specific directions for the presentation of X-ray data are given below under Results and "discussion".