For many years, chitosan has been widely regarded as a promising eco-friendly polymer
thanks to its renewability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, non-toxicity, and ease of …

Shrimp consumption is in great demand among the seafood used globally. However, this
expansion has resulted in the substantial generation and disposal of shrimp shell waste …

The highly active bio-polysaccharide based compound namely chitin and chitosan have
been extracted from shrimp shell which usually expelled out extensively from food …

Shrimp shell is the most significant chitin source among bio-based materials since a huge
quantity of crustacean wastes has been expelled out as a waste material from various …

The current study aims to develop eco-friendly and economical chitosans with a wide range
of applications using organic acids for shrimp shells demineralization. Chitosan samples …

The low solubility of chitosan (CS) imposes adverse effects on its application. In this work,
one of the aims is to improve the water solubility of CS. By introducing water-soluble side …

The strong demand for biological materials in the food industry places chitosan at the
forefront of other biopolymers. The present study aims to evaluate the antifungal properties …

The aim of this research is to develop a composite antibacterial film for food packaging using
low-density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), polyethylene …

El quitosano es un mucoadhesivo y polisacárido natural biodegradable derivado por la
deacetilación de la quitina, así como un biopolímero interesante para formar películas y …

Green mussel shells (Perna viridis) are generated in huge amounts and discarded as waste
materials. Such waste may be used to produce biopolymer materials such as chitosan. The …