Applications of Chitin in Medical, Environmental, and Agricultural Industries
Chitin is a universal biopolymer that is found in microbes, plants, fungi, the exoskeleton of insects, various species of algae, and bottom-feeding crustaceans. This (1–4)-linked N-acetyl-ß-D-glucosamine polysaccharide can be readily processed with simple chemical procedures without putting a specie...
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| author | Uday Dave Esther Somanader Parnian Baharlouei Linh Pham M. Azizur Rahman |
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| description | Chitin is a universal biopolymer that is found in microbes, plants, fungi, the exoskeleton of insects, various species of algae, and bottom-feeding crustaceans. This (1–4)-linked N-acetyl-ß-D-glucosamine polysaccharide can be readily processed with simple chemical procedures without putting a species at risk. Chitin has garnered interest as an alternative substance that can be used in the medical, environmental, and agricultural sectors. Indeed, chitin’s unique nature of biocompatibility, being environmentally safe, and having innate water-solubility allows the polymer to be used in a wide range of applications. In this review, we discuss the possible applications of chitin in the medical, environmental, and agricultural sectors through an extensive search of the latest literature. Moreover, the following review summarizes and explores the new and current studies surrounding the practical uses of chitin to solve issues that are commonly induced by various chemicals which are invasive to the surrounding environment and species co-existing in that area. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f8ce7c4ba68e436198f1e6ac4ef538a32023-11-22T23:52:52ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122021-10-01911117310.3390/jmse9111173Applications of Chitin in Medical, Environmental, and Agricultural IndustriesUday Dave0Esther Somanader1Parnian Baharlouei2Linh Pham3M. Azizur Rahman4Centre for Climate Change Research, Toronto, ON M3C 1R9, CanadaCentre for Climate Change Research, Toronto, ON M3C 1R9, CanadaCentre for Climate Change Research, Toronto, ON M3C 1R9, CanadaCentre for Climate Change Research, Toronto, ON M3C 1R9, CanadaCentre for Climate Change Research, Toronto, ON M3C 1R9, CanadaChitin is a universal biopolymer that is found in microbes, plants, fungi, the exoskeleton of insects, various species of algae, and bottom-feeding crustaceans. This (1–4)-linked N-acetyl-ß-D-glucosamine polysaccharide can be readily processed with simple chemical procedures without putting a species at risk. Chitin has garnered interest as an alternative substance that can be used in the medical, environmental, and agricultural sectors. Indeed, chitin’s unique nature of biocompatibility, being environmentally safe, and having innate water-solubility allows the polymer to be used in a wide range of applications. In this review, we discuss the possible applications of chitin in the medical, environmental, and agricultural sectors through an extensive search of the latest literature. Moreover, the following review summarizes and explores the new and current studies surrounding the practical uses of chitin to solve issues that are commonly induced by various chemicals which are invasive to the surrounding environment and species co-existing in that area.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/11/1173marine chitinbiopolymerchitosanagricultureenvironmentpolysaccharide |
| spellingShingle | Uday Dave Esther Somanader Parnian Baharlouei Linh Pham M. Azizur Rahman Applications of Chitin in Medical, Environmental, and Agricultural Industries Journal of Marine Science and Engineering marine chitin biopolymer chitosan agriculture environment polysaccharide |
| title | Applications of Chitin in Medical, Environmental, and Agricultural Industries |
| title_full | Applications of Chitin in Medical, Environmental, and Agricultural Industries |
| title_fullStr | Applications of Chitin in Medical, Environmental, and Agricultural Industries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Applications of Chitin in Medical, Environmental, and Agricultural Industries |
| title_short | Applications of Chitin in Medical, Environmental, and Agricultural Industries |
| title_sort | applications of chitin in medical environmental and agricultural industries |
| topic | marine chitin biopolymer chitosan agriculture environment polysaccharide |
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