Chitosan is a versatile biopolymer due to its biocompatibility, biodegradability, antimicrobial,
non-toxic, mucoadhesive, and highly adsorptive properties. Chitosan and its derivatives …

Conventionally, the commercial supply of chitin and chitosan relies on shellfish wastes as
the extraction sources. However, the fungal sources constitute a valuable option, especially …

The present investigation was aimed to explore the cadmium removal efficiency, mechanism
and characterization of Chitosan biopolymers from cephalopods waste. The extracted …

Despite their importance to global economies, the aquaculture and seafood sectors are
major contributors to waste, which is a problem for the environment. Because of its …

Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) are usually synthesized with pure enzymes using highly
concentrated sucrose solutions. In this work, low-cost aguamiel and molasses were …

Oxidative stress is the cause of numerous diseases in humans; therefore, there has been a
continuous search for novel antioxidant molecules. Fungal chitosan is an attractive molecule …

Featured Application New trends on marine biomaterials. Abstract The objective of this study
is to innovatively evaluate the biochemistry performance of α-chitosan from Portunus …

The extraction of chitosan was carried out from shrimp shell (SS) waste by the deacetylation
process. The ash content, degree of deacetylation, fat-binding capacity, solubility, and water …

In order to enable the applicability of chitosan as an antifungal, soil fungi were isolated and
identified, then used in its production. Fungal chitosan has several advantages, including …

A simple scalable method has been developed to obtain protein hydrolysate from fleshing
waste generated during leather processing. UV–Vis, FTIR and Solid State C 13 NMR …