Chitin/chitosan: modifications and their unlimited application potential—an overview

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Aqueous Behaviour of Chitosan (2010, background): “By virtue of these properties, chitosan has prospective applications in many fields such as medical, waste water treatment, cosmetics, dentifrices, food, agriculture, pulp and paper, and textile industries [3, 4].”
Evaluation of different factors affecting antimicrobial properties of chitosan. (2016, background): “hitosan is approved Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) by the 91] and it has a broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity against both ram-positive, and gram-negative bacteria as well as fungi [37,65].”
A Review of the Applications of Chitin and Its Derivatives in Agriculture to Modify Plant-Microbial Interactions and Improve Crop Yields (2013, background): “properties and the disruption of potassium signaling in pathogens [25,26].”