This review describes the most common methods for recovery of chitin from marine
organisms. In depth, both enzymatic and chemical treatments for the step of deproteinization …

Seafood is highly perishable, presenting a rapid loss of its quality soon after capture.
Temperature is the critical parameter that impacts on seafood shelf-life reduction, allowing …

Chitin and its N-deacetylated derivative chitosan are two biological polymers that have
found numerous applications in recent years, but their further deployment suffers from …

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 …

Chitin deacetylases, occurring in marine bacteria, several fungi and a few insects, catalyze
the deacetylation of chitin, a structural biopolymer found in countless forms of marine life …

Chitin deacetylases have been identified in several fungi and insects. They catalyse the
hydrolysis of N-acetamido bonds of chitin, converting it to chitosan. Chitosans, which are …

The effects of the deacetylation degree (DD) and preparation methods for chitosan on
antimicrobial activity were evaluated. Chemically prepared chitin (CH-chitin) and …

Chitin and chitosan oligosaccharides (COS) have been traditionally obtained by chemical
digestion with strong acids. In light of the difficulties associated with these traditional …

In the last decade, an increasing number of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), chitin and chitosan
applications have been reported. Their commercial demands have been extended to …

To successfully survive in plants, endophytes need strategies to avoid being detected by the
plant immune system, as the cell walls of endophytes contain easily detectible chitin. It is …