One-Pot Chitin Conversion to High-Activity Antifungal N,N-Dimethyl Chitosan Oligosaccharides

ChemSusChem. 2023 Aug 21;16(16):e202301123. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202301123. Epub 2023 Aug 17.

Authors

Jiong Cheng^{1

2}, Arunmozhiarasi Armugam³, Yugen Zhang^{3

4}, Yang Yang², Fangming Jin², Ning Yan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore.
² School of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China.
³ Institute of Bioengineering and Bioimaging, A*STAR, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos #07-01, Singapore, 138669, Singapore.
⁴ Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), A*STAR, 1 Pesek Road Jurong Island, Singapore, 627833, Singapore.

PMID: 37605338
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202301123

Abstract

Invited for this month's cover is the group of Ning Yan at the National University of Singapore. The image shows the production of modified oligosaccharides from marine biomass as powerful antimicrobial 'weapon' through the 'booster' made of formaldehyde. The Research Article itself is available at 10.1002/cssc.202300591.