Our results showed that the main fraction from partial hydrolysis of chitosan has antibacterial activity. However, the structural modification by reductive alkylation of chitooligosaccharide did not increase the antibacterial activity.
Our results showed that the main fraction frompartial hydrolysis of chitosan has antibacterial activity.However, the structural modification by reductivealkylation of chitooligosaccharide did notincrease the antibacterial activity.