Patent ID: 6844430

Claim:
An article comprising a liquid pervious topaheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core intermediate said backsheet and said topsheet, said absorbent core comprises from about 0.5 g/m 2 to about 500 g/m 2 of a cationic polysacchariae comprising an aminopolysaccharide selected from the group consisting of chitosan, chitosan salt, crosslinked chitosan and a mixture thereof; and from about 0.1 g/m 2 to about 250 g/m 2 of an acidic pH buffering means having a pH in the range of from about 3.5 to about 6.5 and comprises a weak acid having its pKa or at least one of its pKas in the range from about 3.5 to about 6.5 and its conjugate base; and from about 5 g/m 2 to about 250 g/m 2 of absorbent gelling material.