Chitosan is a natural biopolymer with a modifiable structure and abundant function groups,
moreover, it can be processed into various shapes and sizes, making it suitable for various …

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women that is associated with
high mortality. Conventional treatments including surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy …

Environmental and sustainability issues have received increasing attention in recent years.
As a natural biopolymer, chitosan has been developed as a sustainable alternative to …

Due to their properties and applications, the growing demand for chitin and chitosan has
stimulated the market to find more sustainable alternatives to the current commercial source …

Amongst the natural polymers, chitin is the second most abundant, present mainly in fungi
and exoskeleton of crustaceans. It forms a major part of the seafood waste as compiled and …

Current environmental concerns fostered a strong interest in extracting polymers from
renewable feedstocks. Chitosan, a second most abundant polysaccharide after cellulose …

Background. Packaging materials are responsible for approximately 40% of the produced
plastics while food packaging is the number one end user of such materials. Due to the …

The frequently studied polysaccharide, chitosan oligosaccharide/chitooligosaccharide
(COS) is the major degradation product of chitosan/chitin via chemical hydrolysis or …

Chitin is one of the most abundant polysaccharide found on earth. The deacetylated form of
chitin viz. chitosan has been reported for its various important pharmacological properties …

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 …