Background Insects are a living resource used for human nutrition, medicine, and industry.
Several potential sources of proteins, peptides, and biopolymers, such as silk, chitin, and …

Chitin, and especially its deacetylated variant chitosan, has many applications, eg as carrier
material for pharmaceutical drugs or as a flocculant in wastewater treatment. Despite its …

Chitin is the second most abundant biopolymer and functions as the main structural
component in a variety of living organisms. In nature, chitin rarely occurs in a pure form, but …

Chitin was collected and extracted along different lifecycle stages of the Black Soldier Fly
(BSF)(larvae, prepupae, pupae, flies, shedding & cocoons). The chitin content in the …

Chitin, being the second most abundant biopolymer after cellulose, has been gaining
popularity since its initial discovery by Braconot in 1811. However, fundamental knowledge …

The biological material, chitin, is present in nature in three allomorphic forms: α, β and γ.
Whereas most studies have dealt with α-and β-chitin, only few investigations have focused …

Chitin and chitosan are the second most abundant natural biopolymers in the curst of the
earth. These polysaccharide biopolymers have a long linear chain-like structure connected …

Chitosan-derived N-doped carbon materials are attractive candidates for the preparation of
catalysts with a wide range of applications. Chitosan is a nitrogen rich (∼ 7 wt%) renewable …

Fungi are crucial components of modern ecosystems. They may have had an important role
in the colonization of land by eukaryotes, and in the appearance and success of land plants …

Chitin, the second most important natural polymer in the world, and its N-deacetylated
derivative chitosan, have been identified as versatile biopolymers for a broad range of …