Abstract:
PURPOSE: A Kimchi using water and chitosan powder for pickling is provided to make Kimchi containing chitosan high antibacterial activity, antioxidative activity and anti-mutation effect. CONSTITUTION: A chitosan powder for pickling with antibacterial, antioxidative and anti-mutation and anticancer activities contains water soluble chitosan having 50-90% of deacetylation and 1-10cP viscosity, insoluble chitosan having 60-100% of deacetylation and 8-80cP of viscosity and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The sitologically acceptable salt is hydrochloride, acetate, citrate or lactate.