Recent developments in antibacterial and antifungal chitosan and its derivatives
| Autor: | Christian V. Stevens, Arno Verlee, Stein Mincke |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Antifungal
Antifungal Agents Gram-negative bacteria Polymers and Plastics medicine.drug_class Gram-positive bacteria Chitin macromolecular substances 02 engineering and technology engineering.material 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences Chitosan chemistry.chemical_compound Materials Chemistry medicine Organic chemistry biology Chemistry Organic Chemistry technology industry and agriculture equipment and supplies 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology biology.organism_classification Antimicrobial Anti-Bacterial Agents 0104 chemical sciences carbohydrates (lipids) Biochemistry engineering Biopolymer 0210 nano-technology |
| Zdroj: | Carbohydrate Polymers. 164:268-283 |
| ISSN: | 0144-8617 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.02.001 |
| Popis: | Chitosan is the deacetylated form of chitin, a biopolymer that can be obtained from various waste streams and shows antimicrobial activity against different fungi, gram positive and gram negative bacteria. Although chitosan has been studied for years, many aspects remain unclear. This review gives an overview of the antimicrobial activity of chitosan and novel chitosan derivatives of the last 15 years. The most important parameters (molecular weight, degree of deacetylation, etc.) are discussed along with a status update on the mode of action of chitosan. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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