Sažetak After cellulose, chitin is the most widespread biopolymer in nature. Chitin and its
derivatives have great economic value because of their biological activities and their …

Chitinaceous biomaterials received great attention towards producing functional
transformed products and biofuel. Chitin biorefinery is an emerging concept that can utilise …

Shrimp has constituted a major part of crustacean consumption in recent years. Solid
wastes, including the head, shell, and tail portions, accumulate owing to shrimp processing …

Chitosan is obtained from chitin that in turn is recovered from marine crustacean wastes. The
recovery methods and their varying types and the advantages of the recovery methods are …

The natural biopolymer chitin and its deacetylated product chitosan are widely used in
innumerable applications ranging from biomedicine, pharmaceuticals, food, agriculture and …

Background Crustacean by-products are potentially a source of high-value carotenoids and
lipids for use in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food industries, and biomaterials …

The production of shrimp waste from shrimp processing industries has undergone a
dramatic increase in recent years. Continued production of this biomaterial without …

Protein hydrolysates were prepared from shrimp discards, using various enzymes, which
were subsequently analyzed for their antioxidant potential and biological activities. Raw …

Fishery production is exponentially growing, and its by-products negatively impact
industries' economic and environmental status. The large amount of bioactive micro-and …

This study was aimed at optimizing the astaxanthin extraction efficiency from shrimp shell
(green tiger, Penaeus semisulcatus). Astaxanthin was extracted using selected …