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Quaternized N-substituted carboxymethyl chitosan derivatives as antimicrobial agents.

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All the quaternized N-aryl CMCh derivatives showed better antimicrobial activities than that of CMCh and are highly potent against Gram positive bacteria compared to Gram negative bacteria.
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This article is published in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules.The article was published on 2013-09-01. It has received 66 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Antibacterial activity.

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Recent developments in antibacterial and antifungal chitosan and its derivatives.

TL;DR: The most important parameters (molecular weight, degree of deacetylation, etc.) are discussed along with a status update on the mode of action of chitosan.
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Antimicrobial Chitosan and Chitosan Derivatives: A Review of the Structure-Activity Relationship.

TL;DR: The antimicrobial chitosan derivatives have been classified on the basis of the type of functional group conjugated to the polymer backbone and the influence of the degree of substitution on the biological properties has been examined.
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Antimicrobial Activity of Chitosan Derivatives Containing N-Quaternized Moieties in Its Backbone: A Review

TL;DR: This review presents some relevant work regarding the use of quaternized chitosan-derivatives obtained by different synthetic paths in applications as antimicrobial agents.
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Antimicrobial Actions and Applications of Chitosan

TL;DR: In this article, the fundamental properties, modes of antimicrobial action, and antimicrobial effects-related factors of chitosan are discussed, and how microorganisms genetically respond to chitosa.
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Preparation and properties of quaternary ammonium chitosan-g-poly(acrylic acid-co-acrylamide) superabsorbent hydrogels

TL;DR: In this article, quaternary ammonium chitosan-g-poly(acrylic acid-co-acrylamide) superabsorbent hydrogels were successfully synthesized from acrylic acid (AA), acrylamides (AM), and Quaternary Ammonium Chitosans with high substitution degree.
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A mechanistic study of the antibacterial effect of silver ions on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus.

TL;DR: The existence of elements of silver and sulfur in the electron-dense granules and cytoplasm detected by X-ray microanalysis suggested the antibacterial mechanism of silver: DNA lost its replication ability and the protein became inactivated after Ag(+) treatment.
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Chitosan as Antimicrobial Agent: Applications and Mode of Action

TL;DR: The current review of 129 references describes the biological activity of several chitosan derivatives and the modes of action that have been postulated in the literature.
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Chemical characteristics of O-carboxymethyl chitosans related to the preparation conditions

TL;DR: In this article, the water insolubility of carboxymethyl chitosans at various pHs varied with the degree of the carboxyethylation and the reaction temperature, and the ratio of water/isopropanol in the reaction solvent.
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Biological activity of chitosan: ultrastructural study

TL;DR: In the present experimental investigation, tissue repair induced by chitosan, an 86.8% deacetylated poly(GlcNAc), was monitored by morphological analysis and it is suggested that chitOSan could be considered a primer on which a normal tissue architecture is organized.
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