Chitosan is a cationic polymer obtained by deacetylation of chitin, found abundantly in
crustacean, insect, arthropod exoskeletons, and molluscs. The process of obtaining chitin by …

Interest in polymer-based biomaterials such as chitosan and its modifications and also the
methods of their application in various fields of science is uninterruptedly growing. Owing to …

Managing a bleeding patient can be a challenge during dental surgery. Profuse hemorrhage
due to platelet defects, coagulation disorders, vascular anomalies, medication-induced …

The marine food‐processing industries were producing large quantities of shell wastes as a
discard. Currently, this waste material was underutilized and leads to the landfill as a …

This comprehensive volume provides a plethora of first-hand information on the diversity,
biology, and ecology of edible marine bivalve molluscs. It covers the biology of edible …

The catalytic activity of commercially available chitosan has been investigated for the
Knoevenagel reaction of ethylacetoacetate (EAA)/dimethylmalonate (DMM) with …

Chitosan was extracted from the pen of squid Doryteuthis singhalensis and characterized
using FT-IR, NMR, CHN, SEM and DSC analysis. Purified chitosan was sulfated with …

Chitosan derivatives are reported as anticoagulants in the literature. This work was
undertaken to develop novel chitosan derivatives as anticoagulants. The sulfonated …

The research focused on tuberculosis as it is one of the world's most serious health
problems. The extracted chitin from the gladius of Sepioteuthis lessoniana converted into …

For engineering materials, it is important to search for strategies to enhance certain
combinations of mechanical properties, because many performances, such as strength and …