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Shengnan Liang1, Qifeng Dang1, Chengsheng Liu1

  • 1College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, PR China.

Carbohydrate Polymers
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Keywords:
2-Chloroethylamine hydrochloride (PubChem CID: 9793737)Antibacterial activityAntibacterial mechanismCharacterizationChitin (PubChem CID: 6857375)Coomassie brilliant blue G-250 (PubChem CID: 61363)Poly(aminoethyl) modified chitinPropidium iodide (PubChem CID: 104981)Sodium hydroxide (PubChem CID: 14798)Solubilityo-Nitrophenyl-β-d-galactopyranoside (PubChem CID: 219973)

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