Sodium Alginate/Cuprous Oxide Composite Materials with Antibacterial Properties: A Preliminary Study Revealing the Counteracting Effects of Oligosaccharides in the Matrix.

Reeba Thomas, Fengyi Wang, Wipa Suginta, Chien-Yi Chang, Fengwei Xie

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Reeba ThomasSchool of Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Rayong 21210, Thailand.

Fengyi WangSchool of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4BW, UK.ORCID 0009-0003-8416-7341

Wipa SugintaSchool of Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Rayong 21210, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0001-5927-7192

Chien-Yi ChangSchool of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4BW, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3570-4019

Fengwei XieSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2033-082X

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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/V002236/3Royal Society RGS\R2\222071

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Abstract

The integration of biopolymers with antimicrobial inorganic materials has emerged as a promising strategy for developing eco-friendly and biocompatible functional materials for food packaging and biomedical applications. However, the impact of biopolymer matrix composition on the antimicrobial efficacy of inorganic fillers remains underexplored. This study addresses this critical gap by investigating the effects of chitin or chitosan oligosaccharides (NACOS or COS) on the antimicrobial properties of sodium alginate (SA)/cuprous oxide (Cu

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antimicrobial propertieschitin oligosaccharideschitosan oligosaccharidescuprous oxidepolysaccharide compositessodium alginate hydrogels

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PMID40428446

DOI10.3390/foods14101666

PMCPMC12111005

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