This work reviews the relevant information about the possibility of producing microparticles
with chitosan, by a spray drying process, for industrial applications. The applicability and the …

Chitin and chitosan, typical marine polysaccharides as well as abundant biomass resources,
are attracting a great deal of attention because of their distinctive biological and …

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 …

Use of natural biopolymers for diversified applications in life sciences has several
advantages, such as availability from replenishable agricultural or marine food resources …

In view of rapidly growing interest in the amino polysaccharide chitin as a functional
biopolymer, a recent progress of basic and application studies in chitin chemistry is …

Chitin was extracted from Polybius henslowii, a swimming crab, captured in large quantities
throughout the Portuguese coast by purse seine vessels as bycatch. After standard chitin …

Chitin is the world's second most abundant naturally occurring polysaccharide. Much of this
is disposed of as waste from seafood crustacean, mainly in shrimps, prawns, crabs, and …

This article concerns the protonation of chitosan in acetic acid aqueous solution with
variable concentration. Comparison with HCl is also drawn. Potentiometry allows the …

N-Acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) is a monosaccharide that usually polymerizes linearly
through (1, 4)-β-linkages. GlcNAc is the monomeric unit of the polymer chitin, the second …

Providing comprehensive coverage of the biological activities and industrial applications of
Chitin, Chitosan, oligosaccharides, and their derivatives, this book presents a balance of …