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. 2020 Feb 21;64(3):e01772-19. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01772-19

TABLE 4.

Details of chitosan and its derivatives used in the study

Compound (source) Chitosan mol wt (kDa unless otherwise specified); further description Supplier
HMW (crustacean shells) 310–375 Sigma, UK
MMW (crustacean shells) 190–310 Sigma, UK
LMW (crustacean shells) 50–190 Sigma, UK
Fungal chitosan (white mushroom) 110–150 S. Somavarapu
Chitosan oligosaccharide ≤5 Da S. Somavarapu
Chitosan oligosaccharide-lactate Avg Mn 5; oligosaccharide, 60% S. Somavarapu
Chitosan-HCl 47–65 S. Somavarapu
Carboxymethyl chitosan 543.519 Da; level of substitution, 95% S. Somavarapu
PC1-chitosana 33; PC mol%, 30 F. Winnik
PC2-chitosana 108; PC mol%, 20 F. Winnik
PC3-chitosana 109; PC mol%, 30 F. Winnik
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Phosphorylcholine-substituted chitosan.