Rapid N-phthaloylation of chitosan by microwave irradiation

Chemospecific manipulations of a rigid polysaccharide: syntheses of novel chitosan derivatives with excellent solubility in common organic solvents by regioselective chemical modifications

Shin‐Ichiro Nishimura, Osamu Kohgo, Keisuke Kurita et al. · Macromolecules · 1991 · 303 citations

Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Chemistry +14

Evaluation of the viscometric constants for chitosan

Ghobad G. Maghami, George A. F. Roberts · Die Makromolekulare Chemie · 1988 · 143 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +13

Rapid homogeneous esterification of cellulose induced by microwave irradiation

Céline Satgé · Carbohydrate Polymers · 2002 · 97 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Materials Engineering +10

Nonnatural Branched Polysaccharides:  Synthesis and Properties of Chitin and Chitosan Having α-Mannoside Branches

Keisuke Kurita, Kumi Shimada, Yasuhiro Nishiyama et al. · Macromolecules · 1998 · 79 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +17

Synthesis and Some Properties of Nonnatural Amino Polysaccharides:  Branched Chitin and Chitosan

Keisuke Kurita, Taku Kojima, Yasuhiro Nishiyama et al. · Macromolecules · 2000 · 75 citations

Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Chemistry +17