Recently, a greater attention has been directed to a more effective exploitation of chitin, the
second most available polysaccharide in crustacean's products. The shellfish processing …

Chitin and chitosan are considerably versatile and promising biomaterials. The deacetylated
chitin derivative, chitosan is more useful and interesting bioactive polymer. Despite its …

Chitosan, the N-deacetylated derivative of chitin that forms the exoskeleton of crustacean
shells, belongs to the polysaccharide family and has structural similarity to …

This chapter focuses on various applications of chitosan, as well as current research on its
physicochemical properties. Application areas that are covered include water treatment …

Chitin and chitosan are attractive biopolymers with enormous structural possibilities for
chemical modification, creating platforms for new chemical entities with a broad scope of …

Abstract Chitosan or P-(1, 4)-2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose, is a hydrophilic biopolymer
obtained industrially by hydrolyzing the amino acetyl groups of chitin, which is the main …

Some chemical modifications aiming to introduce a new functionality, to improve and/or
develop a given property of chitosan are addressed. Given the great number of possible …

This paper reviews the main applications of the biopolymer chitosan, the main derivative of
chitin, a material usually obtained from natural sources accessible at low cost, ie, industrial …

Chitosan is a polysaccharide composed of repeated units of N-acetyl-2-amino-2-D-
glucopyranose and 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose, which are linked by β-(1→ 4) …

Chitin is the most abundant natural amino polysaccharide and is estimated to be produced
annually almost as much as cellulose. It has become of great interest not only as an …