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Comparison of antimicrobial activities of newly obtained low molecular weight scorpion chitosan and medium molecular weight commercial chitosan

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Carboxymethyl chitosan/clay nanocomposites and their copper complexes: Fabrication and property

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Miscibility and physical properties of chitosan and polyacrylamide blends

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Synthesis and Characterization of pH Tolerant and Mucoadhesive (Thiol-Polyethylene Glycol) Chitosan Graft Polymer for Drug Delivery

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Antimicrobial activity of carboxymethyl chitosan/polyethylene oxide nanofibers embedded silver nanoparticles

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Low molecular-weight chitosans are stronger biomembrane model perturbants

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Phenolic antioxidants-functionalized quaternized chitosan: Synthesis and antioxidant properties

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Quaternized N-substituted carboxymethyl chitosan derivatives as antimicrobial agents

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Preparation of substituted quaternized arylfuran chitosan derivatives and their antimicrobial activity

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Comparison of physicochemical, binding, antioxidant and antibacterial properties of chitosans prepared from ground and entire crab leg shells

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Evaluation and insights into chitosan antimicrobial activity against anaerobic oral pathogens

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Decrease in salivary lactoferrin output in chronically intoxicated alcohol-dependent patients

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Antibacterial activity of chitin, chitosan and its oligomers prepared from shrimp shell waste

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Carboxymethyl Chitosan-Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles for Disruption of Biofilms of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli

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Anti-inflammatory effects of low-molecular weight chitosan oligosaccharides in IgE-antigen complex-stimulated RBL-2H3 cells and asthma model mice

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Activity of Chitosans in combination with antibiotics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Chitosan oligosaccharides inhibit LPS-induced over-expression of IL-6 and TNF-α in RAW264.7 macrophage cells through blockade of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways

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Chitosan-cobalt(II) and nickel(II) chelates as antibacterial agents

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Antimicrobial properties of chitosan and mode of action: A state of the art review

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Antibacterial activity of chitosans with different degrees of deacetylation and viscosities

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Antioxidant activity of half N-acetylated water-soluble chitosan in vitro

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Antioxidative activity of chitosans with varying molecular weights

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Free radical scavenging properties of hetero-chitooligosaccharides using an ESR spectroscopy

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Chitosan kills bacteria through cell membrane damage

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Chitosan delivery systems for the treatment of oral mucositis:: in vitro and in vivo studies

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Oral mucositis and selective elimination of oral flora in head and neck cancer patients receiving radiotherapy: a double-blind randomised clinical trial

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