Background Seafood processing activity causes production of considerable amount of
waste/by-products and discards, resulting in negative economic and environmental impacts …

Background Shrimp farming and processing plants are the largest seafood industry around
the world due to their high demand and market value. The shrimp processing industry …

The natural biopolymer chitin and its deacetylated product chitosan are found abundantly in
nature as structural building blocks and are used in all sectors of human activities like …

Worldwide, millions of tons of crustaceans are produced every year and consumed as
protein-rich seafood. However, the shells of the crustaceans and other non-edible parts …

Among the seafood used globally, shellfish consumption is in great demand. The utilization
of these shellfish such as prawn/shrimp has opened a new market for the utilization of the …

Nowadays, the rapid climate change, water pollution and harmful gas emissions are largely
caused by the extensive use of petrochemicals and the burning of plastic materials. The …

Chitosan is a versatile biopolymer due to its biocompatibility, biodegradability, antimicrobial,
non-toxic, mucoadhesive, and highly adsorptive properties. Chitosan and its derivatives …

The growing demand for new, sophisticated, multifunctional materials has brought natural
structural composites into focus, since they underwent a substantial optimization during long …

Large amount of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is consumed to remove the protein content in
chitin biomass during deproteinization. However, excessive NaOH concentration used might …

To minimize the usage of non-renewable resources and to maintain a sustainable
environment, the exploitation of green nanobiopolymers should be enhanced. Biopolymers …