Over the last few years, several attempts have been made to replace petrochemical products
with renewable and biodegradable components. The most challenging part of this approach …

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 …

Chitosan is a biopolymer obtained from chitin, one of the most abundant and renewable
materials on Earth. Chitin is a primary component of cell walls in fungi, the exoskeletons of …

Polysaccharides are a kind of natural biopolymers and have been widely applied in various
fields, especially biomedical applications, due to their fascinating properties, such as …

Nanomedicines are now considered as the new-generation medication in the current era
mainly because of their features related to nano size. The efficacy of many drugs in their …

Chitosan the second most abundant next to cellulose, naturally occurring amino
polysaccharide, derived as a deacetylated form of chitin. Its nontoxic, biocompatible …

Chitin and its deacetylated derivative chitosan are natural polymers composed of randomly
distributed β-(1-4)-linked d-glucosamine (deacetylated unit) and N-acetyl-d-glucosamine …

Chitin is the most abundant aminopolysaccharide polymer occurring in nature, and is the
building material that gives strength to the exoskeletons of crustaceans, insects, and the cell …

Tailoring of chitosan through the involvement of its amino, acetamido, and hydroxy groups
can give derivatives of enhanced solubility and remarkable anticancer activity. The general …

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