Chitosan and chitosan oligosaccharides (COS) have been reported to possess various
biomedical properties, including antimicrobial activities, immuno-enhancing effects, and anti-…

… Studies of the functional properties of the branched chitosans are currently in progress. …
length of the chitosan or side-chain, and the branched chitosans were only briefly characterised. …

… Chitosan oligosaccharides (COSs) are widely used biopolymers that have been studied in
relation to a variety of abnormal biological activities in the food and biomedical fields. Since …

… Chitosan oligosaccharide (COS), which represent the positively charged basic amino
oligosaccharide in nature, is … With the rapid advancements in chemical modification technology for …

… This paper narrates the recent developments in COS biomedical applications while paying
considerable attention to its physicochemical properties and its chemical composition. Its …

… In recent years, it has been reported that COS have made new progress in tissue
engineering. This review focuses on the recent advances of COS in the pharmacological effects …

… He therefore proposed to characterise chitosan samples in terms of their dispersity in FA,
since this is likely to influence the polymers’ physico‐chemical as well as biological properties, …

… By enzymatic action and acidic hydrolysis, a degradable product of chitin has been produced
called chitosan oligosaccharides (COS). Chitosan (CTS) is obtained from the deacetylation …

… The authors concluded that it is the polycationic character of the chitosan which is responsible
for … , BM New developments in the analysis of partially acetylated chitosan polymers and …

Abstract Chitosan and its oligosaccharides have received much interest for potential … This
review focuses on the biological activities of chitosan and its oligosaccharides based on the …