Background Insects are a living resource used for human nutrition, medicine, and industry.
Several potential sources of proteins, peptides, and biopolymers, such as silk, chitin, and …

New developments require innovative ecofriendly materials defined by their biocompatibility,
biodegradability, and versatility. For that reason, the scientific society is focused on …

Chitin ranks next to cellulose as the most important bio-polysaccharide which can primarily
be extracted from crustacean shells. However, the emergence of new areas of the …

Chitosan is one of the most abundant biopolymers in nature with high economic value due
to its biocompatibility, biodegradability, lack of toxicity, and antifungal activity. In this study …

Chitin is the most important natural polysaccharide after cellulose found in crustaceous shell
or in cell walls of fungi. However, it is not widely used for industrial application up to now …

Chitin and chitosan are amino polysaccharides having multidimensional properties, such as
biocompatibility, biodegradability, antibacterial properties and non-toxicity, muco-adhesivity …

In the present study, chitin was extracted from marine crustacean shell waste (shrimp, crab,
squilla and lobster) using traditional chemical methods (deproteinisation and …

Chitin was extracted from four different local sources: the shrimp (Penaeus monodon), the
desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria), the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and the beetles …

Chitin is the second most plentiful natural polysaccharide found in the various marine,
terrestrial, and microorganism sources. Chitosan is prepared by partial deacetylation of …

In addition to be the second most abundant natural polymer in nature, a renown has a great
potential as a biomaterial in the area of biotechnology, because it is biocompatible, bio …