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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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Chemically Modified Chitosans as Antimicrobial Agents against Some Plant Pathogenic Bacteria and Fungi
Entsar I. Rabea,Walter Steurbaut +1 more
TL;DR: The antimicrobial activity of eight chemically modified chitosans against plant pathogenic bacteria of crown gall disease agrobacterium tumefaciens and soft mould disease Erwinia carotovora and fungi of early blight disease alternaria alternata, root rot disease Fusarium oxysporum, and damping off disease Pythium debaryanum was investigated.
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Retroviral-mediated overexpression of human bone morphogenetic protein 2 affects human mesenchymal stem cells during monolayer proliferation: A cautionary note
TL;DR: Results indicate that, when using integrating vectors and then expanding the cells after transduction, controls need to be carefully planned to ensure the results obtained during the 3D experiments are not due to artefacts created in response to the different cell proliferation conditions employed.
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Ultrastructural, Morphological, and Antifungal Properties of Micro and Nanoparticles of Chitosan Crosslinked with Sodium Tripolyphosphate
Octavio Cota-Arriola,Mario Onofre Cortez-Rocha,Josafat Marina Ezquerra-Brauer,Jaime Lizardi-Mendoza,Armando Burgos-Hernández,Rosario Maribel Robles-Sánchez,Maribel Plascencia-Jatomea +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, micro and nanoparticles of chitosan (CS) crosslinked with sodium tripolyphosphate (TPP) and incorporating metallic ions were obtained from 80nm to 20μm and evaluated for their antifungal potential against Aspergillus parasiticus.
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Multistage deacetylation of chitin: Kinetics study
N. Yaghobi,F. Hormozi +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of NaOH concentration, reaction temperature and time step of multistage deacetylation was investigated and it was found that multistages alkali treatments are as effective as a single stage deacetYLation treatment, and the product is more deacetylated.
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Effect of Chitosan as an Antifungal and Preservative Agent on Postharvest Blueberry
TL;DR: In this article, a chitosan coating was applied to post-harvest blueberry to prevent microbial spoilage and extend the shelf life of postharvest post-Harvest blueberries.