Chitin chitosan in the application of functional foods

chitin chitosan is a safe non-toxic natural polymers, natural polysaccharide is the only basic polysaccharide, has many good physical and chemical characteristics of physical activity and function. Its molecular chain has many special features of the corporation, other than make it more suitable for synthetic polymer used in the field of functional foods. To sum up, chitin chitosan in the application of functional foods have the following three aspects:

chitosan because of the special nature of the structure and has many unique physical activity Function, its activity and the molecular weight of chitosan, deacetylation, viscosity, density and other factors. The higher the degree of deacetylation, a higher biological activity. High degree of deacetylation of chitosan on human cells have a good affinity, can be activated and repair cells, cells from the deep-level regulation on the human body as a whole. Chitosan is a function of health and disease are the modern role of adjuvant treatment of the fine material.

According to one study found that chitosan can be intimate with the animal fat Tongxinluo a combination of substances like salt or complex so that they emit with feces, and such complex also combined with a large number of lipid material. Chitosan will chitosan or fatty acid salt as Tongxinluo removal of fat added to food, diet food can be made. If you use the fatty acids Tongxinluo chitosan salt diet as a food additive effect will be even better.

Chitosan can be used for the production of edible films to improve their Toughness. Also because of its excellent antibacterial properties, Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli, intestinal inflammation Yersinia guitar, Salmonella typhimurium and Iist single nuclear proliferation in five of this common food poisoning bacteria are better Inhibition, can be used as a safe drug-free green food preservatives.