However, due to chitin’s insolubility in aqueous solutions, the deacetylated derivatives, chitosan and chitosan oligosaccharide (ChOS) have been attracting more interest in the biomedical setting.
Vegna takmarkaðs vatnsleysanleika kítíns hafa afasetíleraðar afleiður þess, kítósan og kítósan fásykrur (ChOS), frekar verið notaðar.