This book will be of interest to biochemists, physicists, industrialists, botanists, entomologists, physiologists, and other scientists in a variety of disciplines, as well as graduate students wishing to undertake research about chitin.

Chitin, Chitosan, Oligosaccharides and Their Derivatives: Biological Activities and Applications cove

The book is divided into six parts. Part I covers the application of chitin and chitosan to pharmaceutical preparations. Part II discusses the applications of chitin and its derivatives.

Functional advanced biopolymers have received far less attention than renewable biomass (cellulose, rubber, etc.) used for energy production. Among the most advanced biopolymers known is chitosan.

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Advances in Marine Chitin and Chitosan" that was published in Marine Drugs

Chitin and chitosan are one of the most important key materials in the 21st century.

This book provides an examination of the state of the art, and discusses new applications as well as potential products. Applications of Chitin and Chitosan deals almost exclusively with applications.

In spite of a recessionary world economy, the response to the 5th Conference was gratifying with presentations made over 4 days in 10 oral and 2 poster sessions. This volume contains 76 of those papers.

However, marine crustacean shells are the primary sources of the chitin derivative chitosan. Chitin and chitosan are use