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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.About:
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.read more
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Chitosan as a bioactive polymer: Processing, properties and applications.
TL;DR: The most common chitosan processing methods are summarized and some applications of chitOSan in various industrial and biomedical fields are highlighted, including antibacterial activity, non-toxicity, ease of modification, and biodegradability.
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Antimicrobial Chitosan and Chitosan Derivatives: A Review of the Structure-Activity Relationship.
Priyanka Sahariah,Már Másson +1 more
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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Emerging Chitosan-Based Films for Food Packaging Applications
TL;DR: This article comprehensively reviews recent advances in the preparation and application of engineered chitosan-based films in food packaging fields and focuses on antibacterial food packaging films.
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Carboxymethyl chitosan: Properties and biomedical applications.
TL;DR: The most recent applications of CMC derivatives with antimicrobial, anticancer, antitumor, antioxidant and antifungal biological activities in various areas like wound healing, tissue engineering, drug/enzyme delivery, bioimaging and cosmetics are highlighted.
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Chitosan based nanocomposite films and coatings: Emerging antimicrobial food packaging alternatives
TL;DR: In this article, demand for healthy and safe food with minimal use of synthetic inputs (including synthetic preservatives) is increasing rapidly, and the need for healthy food has been increasing rapidly.
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Cellular Processes and Pathways That Protect Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells against the Plasma Membrane-Perturbing Compound Chitosan
TL;DR: It is proposed that global fitness analysis of yeast in combination with T-profiler is a powerful tool to identify specific cellular processes and pathways that are required for survival under stress conditions.
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Chitosan films are NOT antimicrobial.
L. John R. Foster,Julian Butt +1 more
TL;DR: While chitosan solutions demonstrate strong bactericidal activity against a range of medically important bacteria, a loss of this beneficial property in thin films cast from the same solutions is reported.
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Effects of chitosan from Cunninghamella elegans on virulence of post-harvest pathogenic fungi in table grapes (Vitis labrusca L.).
Carlos Eduardo Vasconcelos de Oliveira,Marciane Magnani,Camila Veríssimo de Sales,Alline Lima de Souza Pontes,Galba Maria de Campos-Takaki,Thayza Christina Montenegro Stamford,Evandro Leite de Souza +6 more
TL;DR: The results demonstrate the potential of CHI from C. elegans to control post-harvest pathogenic fungi in fruits, in particular, B. cinerea and P. expansum in table grapes.
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Effect of chitosan coating with cinnamon oil on the quality and physiological attributes of China jujube fruits.
TL;DR: Results indicated that weight loss and decay of jujube fruits were significantly reduced by chitosan-oil coating during the period of 60-day storage, which also exhibited a quite beneficial effect on maintaining the sensory quality for jujubes fruits.
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N -Phthaloylated Chitosan as an Essential Precursor for Controlled Chemical Modifications of Chitosan: Synthesis and Evaluation
TL;DR: In this article, N-phthaloyl-chitosan with phthalic anhydride in N,N-dimethylformamide was used as a precursor for C-6 substitution.