How chitosan kills and inhibits microbes, the mechanisms behind its antimicrobial action, its spectrum of activity, and the factors that strengthen it.

Chitosan vs cellulose compared: near-identical backbones, the decisive nitrogen difference, charge, solubility and where each natural polymer wins.

An overview of key chitosan derivatives, carboxymethyl chitosan and chitosan oligosaccharides, how they are made and why they expand chitosan's uses.