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Recent developments in antibacterial and antifungal chitosan and its derivatives.

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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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This article is published in Carbohydrate Polymers.The article was published on 2017-05-15. It has received 549 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Chitosan.

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Factors Influencing the Antibacterial Activity of Chitosan and Chitosan Modified by Functionalization.

TL;DR: The bactericidal effect of chitosan depends on a number of very complex factors, their knowledge being essential to explain the role of each of them for the bactericidal activity of this biopolymer.
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Chemistry of Chitosan Aerogels: Three‐Dimensional Pore Control for Tailored Applications

TL;DR: This work critically discusses the practical feasibility of potential chitosan aerogel applications compared to conventional and other biopolymer-based porous or nonporous materials.
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Fundamentals and Applications of Chitosan

TL;DR: This chapter highlights selected works on chitosan applications published over the last two decades, and describes the particular macromolecular structure, biocompatibility, biodegradability and other intrinsic functional properties of this biopolymer.
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Comparative antibacterial activity of commercial chitosan and chitosan extracted from Auricularia sp.

TL;DR: In this article, chitosan is derived from Auricularia sp., and its antibacterial property, together with commercial chitosa, were evaluated against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus.
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Synthesis, characterization, and antifungal evaluation of diethoxyphosphoryl polyaminoethyl chitosan derivatives.

TL;DR: Novel water-soluble functional chitosan derivatives were synthesized by grafting polyaminoethyl and diethoxyphosphoryl groups in accordance with a strategy of improving protonation potential and showed better antifungal activities and water solubility than chitOSan, and had good biocompatibility.
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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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Antimicrobial properties of chitosan and mode of action: A state of the art review

TL;DR: The paper reviews the current trend of investigation on antimicrobial activities of chitosan and its mode of action and different physical states are comparatively discussed.
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Chitin and Chitosan Preparation from Marine Sources. Structure, Properties and Applications

TL;DR: Several selected pharmaceutical and biomedical applications are presented, in which chitin and chitosan are recognized as new biomaterials taking advantage of their biocompatibility and biodegradability.
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Preparation and antibacterial activity of chitosan nanoparticles.

TL;DR: Results show that chitosan nanoparticles and copper-loaded nanoparticles could inhibit the growth of various bacteria tested and exposed to S. choleraesuis led to the disruption of cell membranes and the leakage of cytoplasm.
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Antibacterial activity of chitosans and chitosan oligomers with different molecular weights.

TL;DR: Antibacterial activities of chitosan was inversely affected by pH (pH 4.5-5.9 range tested), with higher activity at lower pH value, and bactericidal effects with gram-positive bacteria than gram-negative bacteria in the presence of 0.1% chitOSan.
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