CHEBI:57704 - cationic chitosan

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ChEBI Name cationic chitosan
ChEBI ID CHEBI:57704
Definition Polycationic form of chitosan arising from global protonation of the 2-amino groups; major species at pH 7.3.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
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Formula H2O(C6H12NO4)n
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing cationic chitosan (CHEBI:57704) is a ammonium ion derivative (CHEBI:35274)
cationic chitosan (CHEBI:57704) is conjugate acid of chitosan (CHEBI:16261)
Incoming chitosan (CHEBI:16261) is conjugate base of cationic chitosan (CHEBI:57704)
IUPAC Name
(1→4)-2-azaniumyl-2-deoxy-β-D-glucan
Synonym Source
chitosan UniProt
Last Modified
25 August 2017