Facile fabrication of tea tree oil-loaded antibacterial microcapsules by complex coacervation of sodium alginate/quaternary ammonium salt of chitosan

Minjie Chen, Yang Hu, Jian Hui Zhou, Yirong Xie, Hong Wu, Teng Yuan, Zhuohong Yang

RSC Advances · 2016 · 76 citations · 44 references

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Abstract

In this study, flavoured tea tree oil (TTO)-loaded antibacterial microcapsules were developed based on the complex coacervation of sodium alginate (SA) and a quaternary ammonium salt of chitosan (HACC).

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