A significant antibiofilm and antimicrobial activity of chitosan-polyacrylic acid nanoparticles against pathogenic bacteria

• Main Authors: O'la AL-Fawares (Author), Areen Alshweiat (Author), Rozan O. Al-Khresieh (Author), Kawthar Z. Alzarieni (Author), Ayat Hussein B. Rashaid (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chitosan is known to exert antimicrobial activity without the need for any chemical modification; however, new derivatives of chitosan can be created to target multi-drug resistant bacteria. In this study, chitosan (CS) was cross-linked with sodium tripolyphosphate to form nanoparticles, which were...