Worldwide every year approximately 140 million tonnes of synthetic polymers are produced.
These polymers are stable and their degradation cycle in the biosphere is limited. This …

The natural biopolymer chitin and its deacetylated product chitosan are found abundantly in
nature as structural building blocks and are used in all sectors of human activities like …

Abstract Chitosan, a β-1, 4-linked glucosamine polymer is formed by deacetylation of chitin.
It has a wide range of applications from agriculture to human health care products. Chitosan …

Among the biopolymers, chitin and its derivative chitosan (CTS) have been receiving
increasing attention. Both are composed of randomly distributed β-(1-4)-linked d …

Chitin and chitosan are polysaccharides found in nature, insolubles in water and organic
solvents belonging to biomaterials. They are found in various sources such as algae, fungi …

Chitin was first discovered by its name from the Greek word “chiton”, which means “mail
coat”. It is indeed a polysaccharide made up of naturally occurring acetyl-D-glucosamine …

Chitin is a linear polysaccharide of N-acetylglucosamine, which is highly abundant in nature
and mainly produced by marine crustaceans. Chitosan is obtained by hydrolytic …

Polysaccharide-based biopolymers are widely exploited for various applications, such as
sensing, textile, tissue engineering scaffolds, wastewater treatment, food industry, and drug …

Chitin and Chitosan are polysaccharide polymers. Polysaccharide is a carbohydrate whose
molecules consist of a number of sugar molecules bonded together. It contains more than …

Chitosan is a type of biopolymer that can be obtained from animal/marine sources, and it
can also be extracted or produced from agriculture waste products like mushroom or …