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ArticleMarine drugs2021

The Effect of Molecular Weight on the Antimicrobial Activity of Chitosan from

Luciana C Gomes, Sara I Faria, Jesus Valcarcel, José A Vázquez, Miguel A Cerqueira, Lorenzo Pastrana, Ana I Bourbon, Filipe J Mergulhão

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Article in Marine drugs, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Luciana C GomesLEPABE-Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8992-1097
Sara I FariaLEPABE-Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.
Jesus ValcarcelGrupo de Reciclado y Valorización de Materiales Residuales (REVAL), Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM-CSIC), C/Eduardo Cabello, 6, CP36208 Vigo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7336-4049
José A VázquezGrupo de Reciclado y Valorización de Materiales Residuales (REVAL), Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM-CSIC), C/Eduardo Cabello, 6, CP36208 Vigo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1122-4726
Miguel A CerqueiraInternational Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Av. Mestre José Veiga s/n, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-6614-3942
Lorenzo PastranaInternational Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Av. Mestre José Veiga s/n, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6637-3462
Ana I BourbonInternational Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Av. Mestre José Veiga s/n, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal.
Filipe J MergulhãoLEPABE-Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5233-1037
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory · PTUniversidade do Porto · PTInstituto de Investigacións Mariñas · ES

Funding

European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme 952471FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC) Base Funding-UIDB/00511/2020 of the Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Bio-technology and Energy (LEPABE)INTERREG V Espanha Portugal (POCTEP) 0302_CVMAR_I_1_PPortuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) Scientific Employment Stimulus-Individual Call-[CEECIND/01700/2017]Xunta de Galicia Grupos de Potencial Crecimiento, IN607B 2018/2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The growing requirement for sustainable processes has boosted the development of biodegradable plastic-based materials incorporating bioactive compounds obtained from waste, adding value to these products. Chitosan (Ch) is a biopolymer that can be obtained by deacetylation of chitin (found abundantly in waste from the fishery industry) and has valuable properties such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, antimicrobial activity, and easy film-forming ability. This study aimed to produce and characterize poly(lactic acid) (PLA) surfaces coated with β-chitosan and β-chitooligosaccharides from a

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LoligoAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAquatic OrganismsBiofilmsChitosanEscherichia coliFood PackagingMolecular WeightSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredAnti-Bacterial AgentsChitosanactive packagingantimicrobial activitychitinchitosanmarine wastepoly(lactic acid)

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PMID34356809
PMCPMC8303414
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