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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MDPI AG
2021-10-01
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| Colecção: | Journal of Marine Science and Engineering |
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| Acesso em linha: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/11/1173 |