Advances in understanding bioactivity of chitosan and chitosan oligomers against selected wood-inhabiting fungi

Holzforschung

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 559-567

  Torr, Kirk M ^a   Chittenden, Colleen ^a   Franich, Robert A ^a   Kreber, Bernhard ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Chitosan; Chitosan oligomers; Depolymerisation; Gel permeation chromatography; Wood inhabiting fungi

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FUNGI; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; WOOD;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; CHITOSAN OLIGOMERS; CHITOSAN OLIGOSACCHARIDES; WOOD-INHABITING FUNGI;

OLIGOMERS;

CHITOSAN; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FUNGI; ION EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGOMERS; SPECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; WOOD;

FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII; LEPTOGRAPHIUM PROCERUM; SPHAEROPSIS SAPINEA;

EID: 24044542341     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2005.092     Document Type: Article

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