• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.442-446
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• 1998

Chitosan has been known to have an antimicrobial activity. Chitosan samples having different molecular weights were tested for the antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli in a liquid medium and on the paper sheets coated with different types of chitosan samples. In a liquid medium, Chitosan A $(Mw\;3,000{\sim}5,000)$ and B $(Mw\;200,000{\sim}500,000)$ showed minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 40 and $10\;{\mu}g/ml$, respectively. The MIC of chitosan C $(Mw\;500,000{\sim}1,500,000)$ was similar to that of chitosan B. The paper sheets coated with chitosan A, B, and C also showed growth inhibition against E. coli. As a typical agricultural product, strawberry was tested for the extension of shelf life by using the chitosan-coated packaging papers. Storage experiments showed that chitosan-coated packaging papers extended the shelf life of strawberry at the chilling temperature of $4^{\circ}C$.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.410-416
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• 2003

Effects of calcium and chitosan treatments on storage and quality of pork were investigated. Porks were coated with 1% each of 30 and 120 kDa chitosans in 3% gelatin solution. Self-life and antioxidation increased significantly in all samples. In contrast with non-treated group, pH of the chitosan-treated group was very stable. Moisture content and water activity (Aw) were similar among all samples. Water-holding capacity decreased slightly, whereas cooking loss increased, during storage in all samples. Value of redness increased in chitosan-coated pork. Tenderness of pork injected with calcium was the highest among all samples. These results showed that preservation and quality of pork were improved by the treatment of calcium and 30 kDa of chitosan.

• Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.35-41
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• 2010

The effect of combination of chitosan coating and gamma irradiation on Escherichia coli inactivation and nutritional properties of shell egg was investigated. The E. coli inoculated on shell egg was not detected by 2 kGy of gamma irradiation at day 0 and/or chitosan coating (1%, pH 5.0) after 3 days of storage. There was no E. coli detected thereafter. In the contents of moisture, crude fat, crude protein, ash, retinol, phospholipid, and minerals, no difference was found by treatment combination. However, the contents of cholesterol and carotenoids were reduced by irradiation of 2 kGy (P<0.05). Results suggest that the combination of gamma irradiation (2 kGy) and chitosan coating (1%) can be a good method to improve the safety and prolonged shelf-life of egg because of effective pathogen inactivation without significant adverse changes in nutritional quality.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.363-370
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• 2017

In this study, we stored frozen shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) at $4^{\circ}C$ during 12 days and investigated the effect of chitosan coating with natural preservatives (0.05% carvacrol, 0.05% thymol) on the growth of microorganism (mesophilic bacteria, psychrophilic bacteria, Pseudomonas spp., $H_2S$ producing bacteria) and physiological characteristics (total volatile basic nitrogen and pH) and sensory evaluation (appearance, odor and general acceptance). Chitosan coating with natural antimicrobial compounds (0.05% carvacrol and 0.05% thymol) had inhibited the growth of all the target microorganism and showed the significant antimicrobial activity (p < 0.05) to mesophilic bacteria, psychrophilic bacteria and $H_2S$ producing bacteria until 12 day (the last day of this study). These treated groups had showed the significant difference (p < 0.05) in total volatile basic nitrogen and all the sensory characteristics but not in pH. Therefore, chitosan coating combined with natural antimicrobial compounds (0.05% carvacrol and 0.05% thymol) showed the effective antimicrobial activity on major spoilage microorganism on shrimp and could be used to elongate the shelf life of refrigerated shrimp.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.54 no.2
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• pp.200-205
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• 2016

A drug transport carrier could be used for safe send of drugs to the affected region in a human body. The chitosan is adequate for the drug delivery carrier because of adaptable to living body. The gold, a metallic nanoparticles, tends to form a nano complex at rapidly when it combined with chitosan because of its negative charge. having energy from the other, outer gold nano-complex make heat due to its property to release the contained drugs to the target area. Silver could be also formed an useful biocompatible nano-composites with chitosan which should be used as an useful drug transfer carrier because its special ability to protect microbial contamination. Being one of the oxidized nano metals, $Fe_3O_4$ is nontoxic and has been used for its magnetic characteristics. In this study, the control of catalyst, reducing agent, and solvent amount. The chitosan-$Fe_3O_4$-gold & silver nanoshell have been changed to form about 100 nm size by ionic bond between the amine group, an end group of chitosan, and the metal. It was observed the change in order to seek for its optimum reaction condition as a drug transfer carrier.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Dyers and Finishers Conference
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• 2011.03a
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• pp.61-61
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• 2011

지구 온난화로 인해 환경파괴, 병원성 세균 감염 등에 의한 각종 질병과 아토피 피부염 등 수없이 많은 요소들에서 우리 몸을 보호하기 위하여 친환경 소재의 용품들이 각광 받고 있다. 이중에서도 키토산과 칼슘알지네이트는 천연재료로써 이미 다른 분야에서 응용되어 사용되고 있으며, 이 두 가지 천연재료를 두 층으로 면섬유에 코팅시킨 CCAC섬유를 제조하였다. CCAC섬유와 키토산이 코팅된 면섬유, 칼슘알지네이트가 코팅된 면섬유, 미처리 면섬유의 총 4가지 섬유에 체액, 증류수, 생리식염수의 각각의 조건에서 흡습량, 흡습시간을 측정하여 비교하고, 수분율과 함수율을 측정하고, 접촉각을 Contact angle system OCA20을 이용하여 측정하였다. CCAC섬유의 키토산 부착 함량을 알아보기 위하여 정량적인 방법으로 add-on율을 이용하여 확인하고, 정성적인 방법으로 원소분석기(Elemental Analyzer, FLASH 1112)를 이용하여 측정하였다. 칼슘알지네이트의 함량 분석은 EDS(EX-250, HORIBA, Japan)를 이용하여 측정하고, 직물의 표면과 단면의 형태는 주사전자현미경(S-4100, Hitachi Co., Japan)으로 ${\times}100$, ${\times}1000$ 배율로 측정하여 단면과 표면 상태를 확인하고, 물리적인 특성은 KES-FB system 을 통하여 확인 하였다.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.250-257
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• 1996

Surface crosslinked chitosan composite membranes were prepared with glutaraldehyde and surfuric acid. Effects of neutralization for complex between chitosan and acetic acid and of water permeability for substrate membranes on pervaporation performance were investigated. For ionically crosskinked membranes, effect of active layer thickness on separation factor of water/ethanol mixture was studied. With increasing the water permeability of the substrate, the membrane showed an increased separation factor, while it maintained a constant permeate flux. Neutralized chitosan composite membranes revealed a decreased separation factor and a constant permeate flux. When the thickness of the active layer increased, an optimum crosslinking time to achieve higher separation factor shifted to a prolonged times.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.49 no.6
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• pp.546-553
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• 2005

• Membrane Journal
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.37-43
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• 1996

Chitosan composite membranes were prepared by casting chitosan solution onto porous polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane. Composite membranes to separate water from aq. ethanol solution were chemically crosslinked by using various crosslinking agent, glyoxal, terephthalaldehyde and glutaraldehyde. The morphology of surface crosslinked chitosan composite membranes were examined by scanning electron microscopy. ATR-FTIR was employed to confirm the crosslinking mechanism of surface crosslinked chitosan composite membranes. In the case of glutaraldehyde, optimum separation factor and decreasing trend of flux were shown.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.1308-1314
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• 1999

The effects of modified atmosphere(MA) packaging and coating on the quality of mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) were investigated. Whole mushrooms(100 g) were packed with polyvinyl chloride(PVC) film wrap, PD941 and PD961 film bags and were stored in a chamber at $12^{\circ}C$ and 80% RH for 6 days. Gas composition of packages, respiration rate, weight loss, color and maturity index of MA packaged mushrooms were examined. The wrap packaged mushrooms showed different level of internal $CO_2$ concentrations among water washed, chitosan coated and $CaCl_2$ coated subgroups significantly at 5% level. The maximum $CO_2$ concentration of PD941 and PD961 packages for all coated showed $4.1{\sim}4.7%$ and $10.4{\sim}11.7%$, respectively, for the first day. PD961 package showed the lowest $O_2$ concentration compared to other groups. There were no significant respiration rate differences between wrap packed and PD941 packaged. Respiration rate of water washed. chitosan coated and $CaCl_2$ coated in PD961 packaged was 192 mg, 226 mg and 245 mg, respectively. Maturity index of PD961 packaged were not significantly different among the water washed, chitosan and $CaCl_2$ coated packages. Chitosan coating showed a negative effect on color change of mushrooms. The weight loss of 961 packaged was lower $(7.0{\sim}8.0%)$ that those of wrap packaged and PD941 packaged.