Advanced freeze–thaw production of fungal chitosan and its Ag–Cu nanocomposite: enhanced antimicrobial activity and in vitro cytotoxicity evaluation
Antimicrobial resistance continues to undermine the effectiveness of conventional treatments and so, in this study, fungal chitosan was produced from Pleurotus ostreatus through chitin extraction followed by freeze–thaw-assisted deacetylation and subsequent stabilization and capping of Ag–Cu nanoparticles. The as-synth...