edited by Mattheus F. A. Goosen
Features:
- How to improve existing products (and create new ones) using chitosan
- Covers all major application areas: Agriculture, food, medicine, biotechnology, textiles, polymers, and watertreatment
- State-of-the-art application of fundamental and applied research
- Reports from leading international specialists
Applications of Chitin and Chitosan provides an examination of the state of the art,
and discusses new applications as well as potential products. It deals almost exclusively with applications.
Applications of Chitin and Chitosan is illustrated with over 100 photos, charts, graphs and figures and more than 40 tables.
Contents
I. Overview
- Applications and Properties of Chitosan
- Applications of Chitin and Chitosan in the Ecological and Environmental Fields
II. Structure and Properties
- Chitin Structure and Activity of Chitin-Specific Enzymes
- Chitin and Reactivity Characteristics
- Characterization and Solution Properties of Chitosan and Chitosan Derivatives
- Soluble Precursors for Efficient Chemical Modifications
III. Food and Agriculture
- Chitosans as Dietary Food Additives
- Enhancing Food Production with Chitosan Seed Coating Technology
- Inhibition of Molting in Chewing Insect Pests
- Properties of Insect Chitin Synthase: Effects of Inhibitors
- New Applications of Chitin and Its Derivatives in Plant Protection
- Chitinolytic Enzymes in Selected Species of Veterinary Importance
- Applications of Chitin, Chitosan, and Their Derivatives to Drug Carriers for Microparticulated or Conjugated Drug Delivery Systems
IV. Medicine and Biotechnology
- Chitosan-Alginate Affinity Microcapsules for Isolation of Bovine Serum Albumin
- Structure and Isolation of Native Animal Chitins
V. Textiles and Polymers
- Fine Structure and Properties of Filaments Prepared from Chitin Derivatives
- Graft Copolymers
VI. Wastewater Treatment
- Applications of Chitosan for the Elimination of Organochlorine Xenobiotics from Wastewater
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