Recently, research studies in the fields of science and engineering are directed towards the
synthesis, design, development, and consumption of environment-friendly chemical species …

Chitosan is a biopolymer obtained from chitin, one of the most abundant and renewable
materials on Earth. Chitin is a primary component of cell walls in fungi, the exoskeletons of …

In 1799, Hatchett decalcified shells of crabs, lobsters, prawns and crayfish with mineral
acids, observing that they produced a moderate effervescence and in a short time were …

The administration of probiotic bacteria as nutraceuticals is an area that has rapidly
expanded in recent years, with a global market worth $32.6 billion predicted by 2014. Many …

Chitin and chitosan, typical marine polysaccharides as well as abundant biomass resources,
are attracting a great deal of attention because of their distinctive biological and …

In view of rapidly growing interest in the amino polysaccharide chitin as a functional
biopolymer, a recent progress of basic and application studies in chitin chemistry is …

One of the major growth segments in the food retail industry is fresh and minimally
processed fruits and vegetables. This new market trend has thus increased the demands to …

We isolated α‐chitin, β‐chitin, and γ‐chitin from natural resources by a chemical method to
investigate the crystalline structure of chitin. Its characteristics were identified with Fourier …

The use of heterocyclic compounds is established as one of the most successful, economic
and practical techniques of corrosion protection. The heterocyclic compounds develop into …

Chitosan is a biopolymer obtained from chitin, one of the most abundant and renewable
material on Earth. Chitin is a primary component of cell walls in fungi, the exoskeletons of …