A
kitin
(
C
8
H
13
O
5
N
)
n
egy hosszu polimer lancmolekula, melyet
N
-acetilglukozamin molekulak alkotnak es a termeszetben sok helyen el?fordul. A
poliszacharidok
koze tartozik. Nevet a gorog khiton (χιτ?ν = ruha, takaro) szobol kapta.
[1]
A
gombak
sejtfalanak
f? komponense, valamint az
izeltlabuak
(
rakok
,
rovarok
)
kuls? vazanak
alkotoja is. A rakok es a rovarok pancelanyagaban talalhato kitin konnyen elkulonithet?, mert a kitin kemiailag nagyon ellenallo. Vizben, hig
savakban
es lugokban oldhatatlan. Csak tomeny savval valo melegites hatasara hidrolizal. Hidrolizisekor el?szor
N
-acetil-
d
-glukozamin
, majd
d
-
glukoz
es
ecetsav
kepz?dik. Szerkezete a
cellulozeval
analog, az
N
-acetil-
d
-glukozamin egysegek kozott β (1→4) kotesek talalhatok.
A kitint szamos orvosi es ipari teruleten felhasznaljak.
A kitin mint nyersanyag
[
szerkesztes
]
Mig
Japanban
evi 300
tonna
kitinb?l keszitenek tolt?anyagot az ivovizet tisztito berendezesek celjara, a
vilag
tobbi orszagaban kitinb?l alig keszul valami. Igaz, a kitin csak nagy energiaforditassal dolgozhato fel, megis sok szakember szerint az igy kapott anyagok a termelesi koltsegeiknel joval dragabban ertekesithet?k.
Az orvostudomany szerint a kitin vegyileg modositott formajaval,
kitozannal
egesi sebek kezelhet?k. Tobb kiserlet tanusaga szerint nagy felulet? egesi sebeket eredmenyesen gyogyithatunk kitozan-acetat-filmmel. A
vizben
oldodo film atereszti az
oxigent
, s felszivja a sebfolyadekot. Majd a filmet a seb
lizozim
nev?
enzimje
lassankent lebontja. Mas kiserletek azt mutattak, hogy a kitozan gatolja a
bakteriumok
szaporodasat es a b?rgombak fejl?deset. S talan keszithetnek bel?le veralvasztot is.
Botanikusok
szerint a kitozant novenyved? szerkent szinten alkalmazhatnak, leven, hogy a haszonnovenyeket megovja a gombafert?zesekt?l. Noha ennek meg nem ismerik a pontos mechanizmusat, azt maris megallapitottak, hogy vele a borsonovenyek megvedhet?k a gombafert?zesekt?l. Annak a
lencsenek
es azoknak a
buzafajtaknak
, amelyeknek a
magjait
kitozannal kezeltek, 10?30 szazalekkal lesz tobb a termeshozamuk.
Japan
kutatok azt allapitottak meg, hogy a
talajba
kevert kitozannal javithato a mez?gazdasagilag hasznositott homoktalajok vizhaztartasa. A kitozan es szarmazekai, noha nincs bennuk
feherje
, a takarmanyhoz is adagolhatok. Azok a
csibek
es
borjak
, amelyeknek a takarmanyaba egy keves kitozant kevertek, konnyen lebontjak a
tejcukrot
. Ez modot ad arra, hogy ezeket az allatokat a
sajtkeszit?
uzemekben keletkez? tejsavoval etessek.
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