Antimicrobial activity of chitosan with different degrees of acetylation and molecular weights

Biocontrol Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-30

  Omura, Yoshihiko ^a,c   Shigemoto, Mayumi ^a   Akiyama, Takahiro ^b   Saimoto, Hiroyuki ^c   Shigemasa, Yoshihiro ^c   Nakamura, Ichiro ^d   Tsuchido, Tetsuaki ^e  

^a Omura Toryo Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b Tottori R and D Center   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Chukyo Junior College   (Japan)

^e KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Chitosan; Degree of acetylation; Degree of polymerization

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; YEAST;

CHITOSAN;

FOOD PRESERVATIVES;

AMINE; CHITOBIOSE; CHITOHEXAOSE; CHITOPENTAOSE; CHITOSAN; CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; CHITOTETRAOSE; CHITOTRIOSE; GLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PRESERVATIVE; SD 10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRESERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037348114     PISSN: 13424815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4265/bio.8.25     Document Type: Article

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