The spectraofirradiatedchitin,nonirradiatedand g-irradiated
chitosanareshownin Fig.1. Thespectrashowedthecharacteristic
peaks at1654asassignedforamide[4C¼O] ofbothchitinand
chitosan.IRspectrumofchitosanalsodisplayedpeaksaround901
and1155cm1 assignedtothesaccharidestructure.Chitosan