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Chitin and chitosan: Properties and applications
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Chitin is the second most important natural polymer in the world as mentioned in this paper, and the main sources of chitin are two marine crustaceans, shrimp and crabs, which are used for food, cosmetics, biomedical and pharmaceutical applications.About:
This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2006-07-01. It has received 6365 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Chitin nanofibril.read more
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First evidence of chitin in calcified coralline algae: new insights into the calcification process of Clathromorphum compactum
M. Azizur Rahman,Jochen Halfar +1 more
TL;DR: Attenuated Total Reflection-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and X-Ray Diffraction results indicate that chitin is present in the skeletal organic matrices of C. compactum, making C. Compactum highly adapted for living in a shallow high-latitude benthic environment.
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Chitosan Nanocomposite Coatings for Food, Paints, and Water Treatment Applications
TL;DR: The shells of the crustaceans and other non-edible parts constituting about half of the shell contents are consumed as protein-rich seafood in the USA as discussed by the authors. But, the shells of crustacean and non-eatable parts constitute only a small fraction of the shells.
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Immobilization of soybean (Glycine max) urease on alginate and chitosan beads showing improved stability: Analytical applications
TL;DR: In this article, the soybean (Glycine max) urease was immobilized on alginate and chitosan beads and various parameters were optimized and compared.
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Application of bioactive coatings based on chitosan for soybean seed protection.
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of chitosan with different concentrations on pest controlling and soybean growth was made in the experimental study on influences on influences of chITosan.
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Chitosan chemistry and pharmaceutical perspectives.
TL;DR: Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Sector 67, S. S. Nagar, Punjab-160 062, India, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Polytechnic University, Via Ranieri 67, IT-60100 Ancona, Italy, and Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Natural Products,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Pharmacy-Faculty of medicine, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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Application of chitin- and chitosan-based materials for enzyme immobilizations: a review
TL;DR: A review of the literature on enzymes immobilized on chitin- and chitosan-based materials, covering the last decade, is presented in this paper, where one hundred fifty-eight papers on 63 immobilized enzymes for multiplicity of applications ranging from wine, sugar and fish industry, through organic compounds removal from wastewaters to sophisticated biosensors for both in situ measurements of environmental pollutants and metabolite control in artificial organs, are reviewed.
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Novel injectable neutral solutions of chitosan form biodegradable gels in situ
Abdellatif Chenite,C Chaput,Dadong Wang,C Combes,Michael D. Buschmann,Caroline D. Hoemann,Jean-Christophe Leroux,B.L Atkinson,F Binette,A Selmani +9 more
TL;DR: This study reports for the first time the use of polymer/polyol salt aqueous solutions as gelling systems, suggesting the discovery of a prototype for a new family of thermosetting gels highly compatible with biological compounds.
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An infrared investigation in relation with chitin and chitosan characterization
J Brugnerotto,J. Lizardi,Francisco M. Goycoolea,Waldo Argüelles-Monal,Jacques Desbrieres,Marguerite Rinaudo +5 more
TL;DR: The use of infrared spectroscopy for characterization of the composition of chitin and chitosan covering the entire range of degree of acetylation (DA) and a wide variety of raw materials is examined further in this article.