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ArticleACS omega2020

Fluorinated Quaternary Chitosan Derivatives: Synthesis, Characterization, Antibacterial Activity, and Killing Kinetics.

Zamani E D Cele, Anou M Somboro, Daniel G Amoako, Lindokuhle F Ndlandla, Mohammed O Balogun

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Article in ACS omega, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zamani E D CeleBiopolymer Modification & Therapeutics Laboratory, Chemicals Cluster, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Anou M SomboroBiomedical Resource Unit, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban 4000, South Africa.
Daniel G AmoakoBiomedical Resource Unit, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban 4000, South Africa.
Lindokuhle F NdlandlaBiopolymer Modification & Therapeutics Laboratory, Chemicals Cluster, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Mohammed O BalogunBiopolymer Modification & Therapeutics Laboratory, Chemicals Cluster, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research · ZAUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chitosan has become an established platform biopolymer with applications in biomedical engineering, nanomedicine, and the development of new materials with improved solubility, antimicrobial activity, and low toxicity. In this study, a series of chitosan derivatives were synthesized by conjugating various perfluorocarbon chains to chitosan via Schiff base formation or nucleophilic substitution, followed by quaternization with glycidyl trimethylammonium chloride to confer non-pH-dependent permanent positive charges. Synthesized fluorinated

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PMID33251401
PMCPMC7689678
OpenAlexW3105384267

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