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Chitosan as Antimicrobial Agent: Applications and Mode of Action
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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.About:
This article is published in Biomacromolecules.The article was published on 2003-09-03. It has received 2615 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Antimicrobial & Chitosan.read more
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Chitosan chemistry and pharmaceutical perspectives.
TL;DR: Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Sector 67, S. S. Nagar, Punjab-160 062, India, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Polytechnic University, Via Ranieri 67, IT-60100 Ancona, Italy, and Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Natural Products,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Pharmacy-Faculty of medicine, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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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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Antimicrobial nanomaterials for water disinfection and microbial control: Potential applications and implications
Qilin Li,Shaily Mahendra,Delina Y. Lyon,Lena Brunet,Michael V. Liga,Dong Li,Pedro J. J. Alvarez +6 more
TL;DR: The antimicrobial mechanisms of several nanoparticles are reviewed, their merits, limitations and applicability for water disinfection and biofouling control are discussed, and research needs to utilize novel nanomaterials for water treatment applications are highlighted.
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"Nanoantibiotics": a new paradigm for treating infectious diseases using nanomaterials in the antibiotics resistant era.
Ae Jung Huh,Young Jik Kwon +1 more
TL;DR: This review summarizes emerging efforts in combating against infectious diseases, particularly using antimicrobial NPs and antibiotics delivery systems as new tools to tackle the current challenges in treating infectious diseases.
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The Chemistry and Applications of Antimicrobial Polymers: A State-of-the-Art Review
TL;DR: This article reviews the state of the art of antimicrobial polymers primarily since the last comprehensive review by one of the authors in 1996 and discusses the requirements of antim antibiotic polymers, factors affecting the antimicrobial activities, methods of synthesizing antimicrobialpolymers, major fields of applications, and future and perspectives in the field of antimicrobials.
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Antibacterial action of chitosan and carboxymethylated chitosan
TL;DR: In this paper, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to characterize chitosan oligomers and their antibacterial activity against E. coli were explored by the optical density method.
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Antibacterial action of chitosan
TL;DR: Fungal chitosan had significantly less antibiotic effect than CH and CL, and was shown to be concentration dependent with 0.1 mg/mL more effective than 2.0 and 5.0 mg/ mL.
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Hydrogen peroxide is generated systemically in plant leaves by wounding and systemin via the octadecanoid pathway
TL;DR: The cumulative data suggest that systemic wound signals that induce PG activity and H2O2 are widespread in the plant kingdom and that the response may be associated with the defense of plants against both herbivores and pathogens.
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Chitin in nature and technology
TL;DR: Chitin has been a landmark for polysaccharides and modified chitins, besides chitin itself, to the point that three International Conferences on Chitin / Chitosan were convened (Boston, U.S. A. 1977, Sapporo, Japan 1982 and Senigallia, Italy 1985).
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Synthesis and antibacterial activities of quaternary ammonium salt of chitosan.
TL;DR: It was found that the antibacterial activity of quaternized chitosan against E. coli is stronger than that of chitOSan and their antibacterial activities is increased as the concentration of acetic acid is increased.