Applications of Chitin in Medical, Environmental, and Agricultural Industries

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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Main Authors: Uday Dave, Esther Somanader, Parnian Baharlouei, Linh Pham, M. Azizur Rahman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Subjects:
marine chitin
biopolymer
chitosan
agriculture
environment
polysaccharide
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/11/1173

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