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Fungal chitosan powder extracted from oyster mushroom, which is a mormally edible mushroom cultivated worldwide. Mushroom chitoan powder bulk also as known as deacetylated mushroom chitosan, which has the function of antibacterial, preservatives, wound healing, water purification and plant growth enhancer.
| Analysis | Specification | Result |
| Deacetyiation | NLT 95% | 95.24% |
| Characters/appearance | White or light yellow powder | Complies |
| Odor and taste | Characteristic | Complies |
| PH | 7-8 | 8 |
| Viscosity | 20mpa.s | 20mpa.s |
| Mesh size/sieve analysis | 100% pass 80 mesh | Complies |
| Loss on drying | ≤8% | 7.11% |
| Total ash | ≤ 2 % | 0.46% |
| As Pb Cd Hg Sum | ≤ 2.0 ppm ≤ 1.0 ppm ≤ 0.5 ppm ≤ 0.5 ppm ≤ 20.0 ppm | Complies Complies Complies Complies Complies |
| Microbiological quality Total Plate Count Yeast & Mold E.Coli. Salmonella | Ph. Eur. category 3A <1000cfu/g <100cfu/g Negative Negative | 75 cfu/g 13 cfu/g Negative Negative |
| Packing & Storage | Cool and Dry | |
In agriculture, chitosan can be used as seed treatment and biopesticide, helping plants to fight off fungal infections. 5. In dietary supplements, chitosan may be used to improve immunity, stimulate cell activity, lower blood sugar and blood pressure, delay aging, and promote process of metabolism.
In food, chitosan can be used as thickening agent, stabilizer, preservative, gelling agent and packaging agent for bread, baked food and other processed food. It also can be as fining agent for winemaking.
In cosmetics, chitosan is used to inhibit the bacteria, moisturize skin, and it is usually added into shampoo for hair care.
In industry, chitosan can be used to treat wastewater and sewage. It can be used as accessory ingredient in textile and papermaking industry, and paint coating. It can also be used in cigarettes making to improve the taste.