Development of marine oligosaccharides for potential wound healing biomaterials engineering

This study aims to investigate the oxidative degradation of chitosan to produce chitooligosaccharides (CHOS) as a potential bioagent for biomaterials engineering. CHOS was produced via microwaved-assisted oxidative degradation of chitosan by using hydrogen peroxide in an acidic aqueous solution. The effects of the H2O2 concentration, reaction time, microwave power, and reaction temperature on the degradation of chitosan were investigated....