Photoactive modified chitosan

Biomacromolecules. 2008 Jun;9(6):1631-6. doi: 10.1021/bm800141v. Epub 2008 May 6.

Abstract

A water-soluble polymeric photosensitizer that contains naphthyl chromophores and absorbs light in the near UV region was obtained by modification of chitosan. The excitation energy can be used to induce photochemical reactions via energy and electron transfer.

MeSH terms

  • Chitosan / chemical synthesis
  • Chitosan / chemistry*
  • Chromatography, Gel
  • Molecular Structure
  • Naphthaleneacetic Acids / chemistry*
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Perylene / metabolism
  • Photochemistry
  • Photosensitizing Agents / chemistry*
  • Solubility
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Ultraviolet Rays
  • Viscosity

Substances

  • Naphthaleneacetic Acids
  • Photosensitizing Agents
  • 1-naphthaleneacetic acid
  • Perylene
  • Chitosan