In Vitro Evaluation of Chito-Oligosaccharides on Disappearance Rate of Nutrients, Rumen Fermentation Parameters, and Micro-Flora of Beef Cattle [PDF]
AnimalsThe study aimed to investigate the effect of dietary chitosan oligosaccharides (COS) meal levels on the nutrient disappearance rate, rumen fermentation, and microflora of beef cattle in vitro.
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Antibiotic saving effect of combination therapy through synergistic interactions between well-characterized chito-oligosaccharides and commercial antifungals against medically relevant yeasts. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Combination therapies can be a help to overcome resistance to current antifungals in humans. The combined activity of commercial antifungals and soluble and well-defined low molecular weight chitosan with average degrees of polymerization (DPn) of 17-62 (
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BMC Research Notes, 2011 Background To explore chitin synthesis initiation, the effect of addition of exogenous oligosaccharides on in vitro chitin synthesis was studied. Oligosaccharides of various natures and lengths were added to a chitin synthase assay performed on a ...
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Pilot-Scale Production of Chito-Oligosaccharides Using an Innovative Recombinant Chitosanase Preparation Approach. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel), 2021 For pilot-scale production of chito-oligosaccharides, it must be cost-effective to prepare designable recombinant chitosanase. Herein, an efficient method for preparing recombinant Bacillus chitosanase from Escherichia coli by elimination of undesirable ...
Cheng CY, Tsai CH, Liou PJ, Wang CH.
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Elicitor-Mediated Enhancement of Secondary-Metabolite Biosynthesis in Juniperus (Cupressaceae): Current Advances and Future Perspectives [PDF]
PlantsJuniperus species are a rich source of pharmacologically important secondary metabolites, including terpenoids, lignans, flavonoids, and phenolic compounds.
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Composite electrospun nanomembranes of fish scale collagen peptides/chito-oligosaccharides: antibacterial properties and potential for wound dressing [PDF]
International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2011 Yan Wang1, Chen-lu Zhang2, Qun Zhang1, Ping Li1,31School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 2College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic ...
Li P, Wang Y, Zhang CL, Zhang Q
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Production of Structurally Defined Chito-Oligosaccharides with a Single <i>N</i>-Acetylation at Their Reducing End Using a Newly Discovered Chitinase from <i>Paenibacillus pabuli</i>. [PDF]
J Agric Food Chem, 2021 Partially acetylated chito-oligosaccharides (paCOSs) are bioactive compounds with potential medical applications. Their biological activities are largely dependent on their structural properties, in particular their degree of polymerization (DP) and the ...
Li J +9 more
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Horticulturae, 2023 Use of novel alternative compounds in agriculture is being promoted to reduce synthetic pesticides. An in vitro study was conducted to evaluate antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of chitosan hydrochloride (CH) and COS (chito-oligosaccharides)-OGA ...
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Fluorescence-Polarization-Based Assaying of Lysozyme with Chitooligosaccharide Tracers [PDF]
BiomoleculesLysozyme is a well-known enzyme found in many biological fluids which plays an important role in the antibacterial protection of humans and animals. Lysozyme assays are used for the diagnosis of a number of diseases and utilized in immunohistochemistry ...
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Probiotics contribute a lot to human health and the occurrence of diseases. Correspondingly, probiotics’ safety evaluation and probiotic properties have received increasing attention in the food industry and disease treatment.
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