Background Food processing produces large quantities of by-products. Disposal of waste
can lead to environmental and human health problems, yet often they can be turned into …

Abstract Chitin (CT), the well-known natural biopolymer and chitosan (CS)(bio-based or
“artificial polymer”) are non-toxic, biodegradable and biocompatible in nature. The …

Natural polymers are very widespread in the world, which is why it is so important to know
about the possibilities of their use. Chitin is the second most abundant reproducible natural …

Chitin and chitosan have been proved to have enormous applications in biomedical,
pharmaceutical, and industrial fields. The horse mussel, Modiolus modiolus, a refuse of the …

Chitin is the second most abundant biopolymer and functions as the main structural
component in a variety of living organisms. In nature, chitin rarely occurs in a pure form, but …

Chitosan, derived from chitin, a major constituent (in quantity) of crustaceans, is a unique
aminopolysaccharide with emerging commercial potential in agriculture, food …

The biological material, chitin, is present in nature in three allomorphic forms: α, β and γ.
Whereas most studies have dealt with α-and β-chitin, only few investigations have focused …

Chitin in the α and the β forms has been extracted from different marine crustacean from the
Arabian Gulf. The contents of the various exoskeletons have been analyzed and the percent …

Chitosan is derived from different starting materials such as fish scales, shrimp and crab
shells by the process of deacetylation of chitin, which is carried out using 40% KOH at 90° C …

Two centuries after the discovery of chitin, it is widely accepted that this biopolymer is an
important biomaterial in many aspects. Numerous studies on chitin have focused on its …