“…These cationic polysaccharides can be obtained by the reaction of the native polymers with various reagents with ammonium groups. The commercial reagents, glycidyltrimethylammonium chloride or 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyltrimethylammonium chloride, are the most used to prepare quaternary ammonium salts of polysaccharides such as agarose (Prado, Matulewicz, Bonelli, & Cukierman, 2011), cellulose (Song, Sun, Zhang, Zhou, & Zhang, 2008;Yan, Tao, & Bangal, 2009), micro/nanocrystalin cellulose (Zaman, Huining, Chibante, & Ni, 2012), cellulose nanofibers (Khatri, Mayakrishnana, Hiratac, Wei, & Kima, 2013), chitin (Dinga et al, 2012), chitosan (Xu et al, 2011), dextran (Nichifor, Stanciu, & Simionescu, 2010), guar gum (Banerjee et al, 2013), konjac glucomannan (Yu, Huang, Ying, & Xiao, 2007), hemicellulose (Ren, Sun, Liu, Chao, & Luo, 2006), pullulan (Souguir, Roudesli, Picton, Le Cerf, & About-Jaudet, 2007), or starch (Auzely-Velty & Rinaudo, 2003;Heinze, Haack, & Rensing, 2004;Kavaliauskaite, Klimaviciute, & Zemaitaitis, 2008). These derivatives are widely used as flocculants or as thickener in different fields including waters treatment, papermaking, food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries (Prado & Matulewicz, 2014).…”