Amongst the natural polymers, chitin is the second most abundant, present mainly in fungi
and exoskeleton of crustaceans. It forms a major part of the seafood waste as compiled and …

Industrial wastewater has imposed increasing threats due to the large concentrations of
various toxic and hazardous contaminants. Amongst various processes to treat wastewater …

Recently, natural polymers like chitosan have gained attention as promising adsorbents for
water treatment. By combining chitosan with magnetic nanoparticles, their adsorption …

In recent years, the textile industry has been seeking to develop innovative products. It is a
good choice to organically combine materials with superior functional characteristics and …

In the present study, chitin was extracted from marine crustacean shell waste (shrimp, crab,
squilla and lobster) using traditional chemical methods (deproteinisation and …

Colon-targeted drug delivery systems is an active area of research that is designed to
selectively release the drug in the colonic environment to enhance the oral delivery of active …

Chitosan (CS) is a well-known stabilizer for metal nanoparticles in biomedical engineering.
However, very few studies have explored other important roles of CS including reducing …

Aim: The present study was performed to utilize the shrimp shell waste for chitin and
chitosan production, characterization by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) technique and to …

Chitosan is an innate cationic biological polysaccharide polymer, naturally obtained from
chitin deacetylation, that possesses broad-spectrum properties such as antibacterial …

Chitosan demonstrates exceptional qualities that enable a variety of applications. Because
of this, chitosan-based biomaterials have been produced over time and have the potential to …