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66
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17154
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7216
National Ranking
18

Overview

Kjell M. Vårum is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their academic career centers on scientific research within a university setting, contributing to the body of knowledge associated with their institution.

There is no detailed public record of specific recent papers authored by Kjell M. Vårum. Likewise, there are no frequent co-authors or recurring publication venues documented. This indicates limited accessible information on a steady pattern of collaborative research or preferred journals and conferences for dissemination.

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Best Publications

  • Chitosans as Absorption Enhancers for Poorly Absorbable Drugs 2: Mechanism of Absorption Enhancement

    Nicolaas G. M. Schipper;Susanne Olsson;Janet A. Hoogstraate;Albertus G. deBoer

  • Chitosan as a nonviral gene delivery system. Structure-property relationships and characteristics compared with polyethylenimine in vitro and after lung administration in vivo.

    Magnus Köping-Höggård;Ioannis Tubulekas;Holly Guan;Katarina Edwards

  • Production of Chitooligosaccharides and Their Potential Applications in Medicine

    Berit B. Aam;Ellinor B. Heggset;Anne Line Norberg;Morten Sørlie

  • Determination of the degree of N-acetylation and the distribution of N-acetyl groups in partially N-deacetylated chitins (chitosans) by high-field n.m.r. spectroscopy☆

    K M Vårum;M W Anthonsen;H Grasdalen;O Smidsrød

  • Chitosans as absorption enhancers for poorly absorbable drugs. 1: Influence of molecular weight and degree of acetylation on drug transport across human intestinal epithelial (Caco-2) cells.

    Nicolaas G. M. Schipper;Kjell M. Vårum;Per Artursson

  • Comparison of the Ability of Partially N-acetylated Chitosans and Chitooligosaccharides to Elicit Resistance Reactions in Wheat Leaves

    Peter Vander;Kjell M. Vårum;Alain Domard;Nour Eddine El Gueddari

  • Advances in chitin science

    Alain Domard;George A. F. Roberts;Kjell M. Vårum

  • Improved chitosan-mediated gene delivery based on easily dissociated chitosan polyplexes of highly defined chitosan oligomers

    M Köping-Höggård;KM Vårum;M Issa;S Danielsen

  • In vitro degradation rates of partially N-acetylated chitosans in human serum.

    Kjell M. Vårum;Mildrid M. Myhr;Ragnhild J.N. Hjerde;Olav Smidsrød

  • Chitosans as absorption enhancers of poorly absorbable drugs: 3: Influence of mucus on absorption enhancement

    Nicolaas G.M. Schipper;Kjell M. Vårum;Patric Stenberg;Göran Ocklind

  • Water-solubility of partially N-acetylated chitosans as a function of pH: effect of chemical composition and depolymerisation

    Kjell M. Vårum;Mette H. Ottøy;Olav Smidsrød

  • Chitosan: Gels and Interfacial Properties

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  • Solution properties of chitosans: conformation and chain stiffness of chitosans with different degrees of N-acetylation

    Marit W. Anthonsen;Kjell M. Vårum;Olav Smidsrød

  • Acid hydrolysis of chitosans

    K.M. Vårum;M.H. Ottøy;O. Smidsrød

  • Costs and benefits of processivity in enzymatic degradation of recalcitrant polysaccharides

    Svein J. Horn;Pawel Sikorski;Jannicke B. Cederkvist;Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad

  • Degradation of partially N-acetylated chitosans with hen egg white and human lysozyme

    Ragnhild J. Nordtveit;Kjell M. Vårum;Olav Smidsrød

  • Endo/exo mechanism and processivity of family 18 chitinases produced by Serratia marcescens.

    Svein Jarle Horn;Audun Sørbotten;Bjørnar Synstad;Pawel Sikorski

  • Relationship between the physical shape and the efficiency of oligomeric chitosan as a gene delivery system in vitro and in vivo.

    Magnus Köping-Höggård;Yulia S Mel'nikova;Kjell Mårten Vårum;Björn Lindman

  • A seasonal study of the chemical composition and chitin quality of shrimp shells obtained from northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis)

    Ruth S. Hagen Rødde;Aslak Einbu;Kjell M. Vårum

  • Degradation of fully water-soluble, partially N-acetylated chitosans with lysozyme

    Ragnhild J. Nordtveit;Kjell M. Vårum;Olav Smidsrød

  • 13C-n.m.r. studies of the acetylation sequences in partially N-deacetylated chitins (chitosans).

    Kjell M. Vårum;Marit W. Anthonsen;Hans Grasdalen;Olav Smidsrød

Frequent Co-Authors

Olav Smidsrød
Olav Smidsrød Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Per Artursson
Per Artursson Uppsala University
Vincent G. H. Eijsink
Vincent G. H. Eijsink Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Bjørn T. Stokke
Bjørn T. Stokke Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Svein J. Horn
Svein J. Horn Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Stephen E. Harding
Stephen E. Harding University of Nottingham
Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad
Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Ivo G. Boneca
Ivo G. Boneca Institut Pasteur
Konstantinos Mavromatis
Konstantinos Mavromatis Bristol-Myers Squibb (Switzerland)
Helmut Cölfen
Helmut Cölfen University of Konstanz

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