Chitin and chitosan : properties and applications / [editors] Lambertus A.M. van den Broek, Carmen G. Boeriu.

Sources of Chitin and Chitosan and their Isolation / Leen Bastiaens, Lise Soetemans, Els D'Hondt, Kathy Elst -- Methods of Isolating Chitin from Sponges (Porifera) / Sonia Żółtowska, Christine Klinger, Iaroslav Petrenko, Marcin Wysokowski, Yvonne Joseph, Teofil Jesionowski, Hermann Ehrlich -- Physicochemical Properties of Chitosan and its Degradation Products / Karolina Gzyra-Jagieła, Bożenna Pęczek, Maria Wiśniewska-Wrona, Natalia Gutowska -- New Developments in the Analysis of Partially Acetylated Chitosan Polymers and Oligomers / Stefan Cord-Landwehr, Anna Niehues, Jasper Wattjes, Bruno M Moerschbacher -- Chitosan-Based Hydrogels / Zhengke Wang, Ling Yang, Wen Fang -- Beneficial Health Effects of Chitin and Chitosan / Liyou Dong, Harry J Wichers, Coen Govers -- Antimicrobial Properties of Chitin and Chitosan / Magdalena Kucharska, Monika Sikora, Kinga Brzoza-Malczewska, Monika Owczarek -- Enzymes for Modification of Chitin and Chitosan / Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad, Tina Rise Tuveng, Sophanit Mekasha, Vincent GH Eijsink -- Chitin and Chitosan as Sources of Bio-Based Building Blocks and Chemicals / Malgorzata Kaisler, Lambertus AM Broek, Carmen G Boeriu -- Chemical and Enzymatic Modification of Chitosan to Produce New Functional Materials with Improved Properties / Carmen G Boeriu, Lambertus AM Broek -- Chitosan-Based Drug Delivery Systems / Cristian Peptu, Andra Cristina Humelnicu, Razvan Rotaru, Maria Emiliana Fortuna, Xenia Patras, Mirela Teodorescu, Bogdan Ionel Tamba, Valeria Harabagiu -- The Application of Chitin and its Derivatives for the Design of Advanced Medical Devices / Marcin H Struszczyk, Longina Madej-Kiełbik, Dorota Zielińska -- Food Applications of Chitosan and its Derivatives / Suse Botelho Silva, Daiana Souza, Liziane Dantas Lacerda -- Potential of Chitosans in the Development of Edible Food Packaging / Véronique Coma, Artur Bartkowiak -- The Use of Chitosan-Based Nanoformulations for Controlling Fungi During Storage of Horticultural Commodities / Silvia Bautista-Baños, Zormy Nacary Correa-Pacheco, Rosa Isela Ventura-Aguilar -- Chitosan Application in Textile Processing and Fabric Coating / Thomas Hahn, Leonie Bossog, Tom Hager, Werner Wunderlich, Rudi Breier, Thomas Stegmaier, Susanne Zibek -- Chitin and Chitosan for Water Purification / Petrisor Samoila, Andra Cristina Humelnicu, Maria Ignat, Corneliu Cojocaru, Valeria Harabagiu -- Chitosan for Sensors and Electrochemical Applications / Suse Botelho Silva, Guilherme Lopes Batista, Cristiane Krause Santin -- Marketing and Regulations of Chitin and Chitosan from Insects / Nathalie Berezina, Antoine Hubert.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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