Chitin, the second most abundant biopolymer, possesses diverse applications in the food,
agricultural, and pharmaceutical industries due to its functional properties. However, the …

Marine oligosaccharides have now been applied in a wide range of industry due to various
kinds of physiological activities. However, the oligosaccharides with different polymeric …

Disposal of chitinaceous waste is a major problem of seafood industry. Most of the known
chitinolytic organisms have been studied with respect to pure chitin as substrate. Use of …

An efficient conversion of chitin, the second most abundant renewable polymer on the Earth,
into N-acetylglucosamine and N, N′-diacetylchitobiose, using room temperature ionic …

Natural polymers, such as gums and mucilage, are biocompatible, cheap, easily available
and non-toxic materials of native origin. These polymers are increasingly preferred over …

Among several commercial enzymes screened for chitosanolytic activity, Neutrase 0.8 L (a
protease from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) was selected in order to obtain a product …

A new method for quantitative analysis of chitosan in aqueous solution is introduced,
comprising an enzyme-driven cleavage to water-soluble chitooligosaccharides (COS), N …

Chitinases degrade chitin, a linear homopolymer of β-1, 4-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine
(GlcNAc) residues found in the cell walls of fungi and the exoskeletons of arthropods. They …

A putative class III endochitinase (ChiIII) was reported previously to be expressed
dominantly in fruiting bodies of Coprinopsis cinerea, and its expression levels increased …

An efficient and sensitive analytical method based on high-performance anion exchange
chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (HPAEC-PAD) was established for the …