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

In living organisms, chitin synthase present in chitosomes promotes the polymerization of N-
acetylglucosamine, then the native chitin is assembled into nanocrystals. The latter cluster …

Chemically, chitin is a natural polysaccharide made up of glucosamine and acetyl
glucosamine bound together by a typical Beta-1-4 bond (1). Extracted from by products in …

Chitin nanofibrils occur in biological tissues, mainly crustacean and insect exoskeletons,
according to structural hierarchies together with proteins and inorganic compounds. They …

Chitin is a sugar molecule, a copolymer of glucosamine and N-acetylglucosamine linked
together by a typical β-1-4 bond. Extracted from by-products in the shell-crustaceous fish …

The invention relates to a novel method for production of nanofibrillar chitin, sustainable
from an industrial manufacturing standpoint and suitable for producing chitin nanofibrils …

La completa biodegradabilità e biocompatibilità assieme alla capacità di promuovere la
sintesi dell'acido ialuronico e di intervenire nel metabolismo dei glucosaminoglicani …