Antimicrobial Activity of Chitosan Derivatives Containing N-Quaternized Moieties in Its Backbone: A Review

Chitosan, which is derived from a deacetylation reaction of chitin, has attractive antimicrobial activity. However, chitosan applications as a biocide are only effective in acidic medium due to its low solubility in neutral and basic conditions. Also, the positive charges carried by the protonated a...

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Autores principales: Martins, Alessandro F., Facchi, Suelen P., Follmann, Heveline D. M., Pereira, Antonio G. B., Rubira, Adley F., Muniz, Edvani C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4264197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25402643
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms151120800

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4264197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25402643
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms151120800

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