High-molecular-weight chitosan (CAS 9012-76-4) was supplied by Hangzhou Simit Chem. & Tech. Co. (Hangzhou, China). NeutraseTM 0.8 L enzyme was acquired from Novozymes A/S (Bagsværd, Denmark). Chitosan oligomers with MW < 2000 Da were obtained following the procedure described by Santos-Moriano et al. [57 (link)], with the modifications reported in [58 (link)]. β-sitosterol (CAS 83-46-5, analytical standard), 3-hydroxy-2-methyl-4-pyrone (CAS 118-71-8), 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (CAS 67-47-0), methanol (CAS 67-56-1), tryptic soy agar (TSA, CAS 91079-40-2), and tryptic soy broth (TSB, CAS 8013-01-2) were supplied by Sigma–Aldrich Química (Madrid, Spain). Potato dextrose agar (PDA) was purchased from Becton Dickinson (Bergen County, NJ, USA).
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