A procedure was developed for preparing a hemosorbent by chemical and physical modification of natural silk and fibrous waste obtained by processing Bombyx mori silkworm cocoons. Complete separation of silk threads into pure fibroin and sericin was achieved by hydrolysis of silk fibers and fibrous waste in water in a closed system at 110°С and a pressure of 0.143 MPa for 24 h. Hydrolysis of pure fibroin was performed in an aqueous medium at 130°С under a pressure of 0.145 MPa. Then, the temperature was raised to 210°С at a pressure of 0.60 MPa, and the mixture was subjected to ultrasonic dispersion and microwave (2450 MHz) irradiation for 1‒15 min. The composition, structure, and physicochemical properties of the hemosorbent were studied by IR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, and high-performance liquid chromatography. The hemosorbent obtained exhibits high activity in sorption of vitamin В₁₂.

Oligochitosan samples were obtained by acid hydrolysis of high molecular weight chitosan isolated from Bombyx mori (B.M.). Carrying out acid hydrolysis for 6 hours, it was found that after 4 hours and further with increasing duration, the molecular weight of chitosan decreases to a value corresponding to the ranges of mo-lecular weights of oligochitosan 2–16 kDa. It has been seen that the optimal duration of hydrolysis, leading to the production of oligochitosan with a molecular weight of less than 16 kDa, should be considered 4–5 hours. Depolymerization of chitosan with a molecular weight of 177 kDa was carried out using sodium nitrite in so-lution to obtain oligochitosan with a molecular weight of 6 kDa. On the basis of oligochitosan samples ob-tained by two methods, their ascorbates were received. Under constant conditions with varying the ratio of the components (ChS:AA) and the pH of the solution, the reaction of chitosan ascorbate formation was car-ried out on the basis of the suspension method. The composition, structure, and molecular weight characteris-tics of oligochitosan ascorbate and oligochitosan Bombyx morisamples were confirmed by physicochemical methods. It has been seen that the obtained samples have antimicrobial properties against Fuzarium oxysporum.

Bombyx mori chitosan nanoparticles (ChS NPs) were obtained and the kinetic aspects of their size distribution depending on the degree of nonequilibrium of the synthesis by ionotropic gelation using sodium tripolyphosphate (TPP) were studied. The size of ChS NPs was greatly influenced by the ChS concentration, which varied from 0.5 to 10 mg/ml. The size of the NPs increased from 100 to 300 nm when the ChS concentration increased from 0.5 to 10 mg/ml and while maintaining all other parameters of the reaction. An increase in the ChS to-TPP ratio corresponded to a lower cross-linking density and thus ensured slower kinetics for NP formation alongside the formation of large chitosan/TPP aggregates. There was an almost threefold increase in the particle size when the pH of the medium increased from 3.8 to 4.7; thus, the size of ChS NPs depends on the pH of the solution. There was a slight agglomeration of NPs from 363 to 642 nm with an increase in the NP synthesis time from 4 to 24 h. According to calculations, the maximum interaction energy is 50.4 and 69.4 kcal/mol for deprotonated TPP (P3O105-); after adiabatic transfer of the proton, the value decreases to 32.9–33.5 kcal/mol. The maximum interaction energy is –12.8 kcal/mol for the initially protonated TPP (H4P3O10-).

The interaction of chitosan (ChS) and the Bombyx mori protein on different pH ranges was studied, and the fundamental possibility of obtaining complexes of ChS with the Bombyx mori protein was revealed. The for-mation of a polymolecular complex of protein with ChS in aqueous solutions was confirmed by the results of physico-chemical methods. It is shown that the ChS structure is characterized by a certain rigidity and ionogenicity. The results indicate the complexation of the pupae protein with ChS in 2% acetic acid in the range of pH = 4.8–6.7. The detected changes and shifts of the absorption bands in the IR spectra confirm the occurrence of the complex formation reaction between the molecules of ChS and protein at pH = 4.8–6.7, which is characterized by absorption bands in the IR spectra at 1641 cm–1, 1538 cm–1 and 1068 cm–1. Quan-tum-chemical DFT study of ChS complexes with amino acids (AAs) was carried out. The stability of com-plexes of ChS with AAs (ChS-AA) was shown except for the complex formed with histidine in the gas phase. The calculation results indicate the presence of a strong thermodynamic driving force in the complexation of ChS with AAs.