Chitin is one of the most abundant biopolymers, and it has adopted many different structural
conformations using a combination of different natural processes like biopolymerization …

Insight into the hierarchical structures of carbohydrate nanofibrils such as chitin and
cellulose is important in order to exploit their unique geometrical features for materials …

Marine fishery wastes such as bivalve shells, crab shells and cuttlebone are rich in calcium.
Calcium carbonate derived from these materials can be transformed into calcium oxide by …

Introduction Oral health is closely related to extra-oral disease status, as may be
represented by the manifestations of gastrointestinal and liver diseases. Areas covered This …

The recovery and recycling of wasted resources are at the forefront of contemporary global
issues. Methods of addressing several different issues may go hand-in-hand with each …

Astaxanthin is a xanthophyll carotenoid possessing impressive nutraceutical, antioxidant,
and bioactive merits. Traditionally, astaxanthin is extracted from crustacean wastes via …

Unlike calcite from geological origin, biogenic calcite from marine organisms have gained
an increasing interest in the field of advanced materials due to their hierarchical three …

Although the biological properties of astaxanthin (Axn) and β-carotene (β-car) on aquatic
animals have been widely investigated, such properties are still typically studied by …

The hierarchical tissue structure that can balance the lightweight and strength of organisms
gives hints on the development of biologically inspired materials. The exoskeleton of the …

The compliance of crab shells traditionally used as a complex natural product for agricultural
soil amendment with modern biofertilizers' quality and safety requirements was investigated …