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CRC Press
336 Pages
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CRC Press
348 Pages
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CRC Press
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The main driving force behind the development of new applications for chitin and its derivative chitosan lies with the fact that these polysaccharides represent a renewable source of natural biodegradable polymers. Since chitin is the second most abundant natural polymer, academic as well as industrial scientists are faced with a great challenge to find new and practical applications for this... Read more
Part I: Overview
Applications and Properties of Chitosan
Q. Li, E. T. Dunn, E. W. Grandmaison and M. F. A. Goosen, Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Applications of Chitin and Chitosan in the Ecological and Environmental Fields
Shigehiro Hirano, Department of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
Part II: Structure and Properties
Chitin Structure and Activity of Chitin-Specific Enzymes
Maria L. Bade, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
b-Chitin and Reactivity Characteristics
Keisuke Kurita, Department of Industrial Chemistry, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan
Characterization and Solution Properties of Chitosan and Chitosan Derivatives
M. Rinaudo, M. Milas and J. DesbriŠres, CERMAV-CNRS, Grenoble cedex, France
Soluble Precursors for Efficient Chemical Modifications
Keisuke Kurita, Department of Industrial Chemistry, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan
Part III: Food and Agriculture
Chitosans as Dietary Food Additives
Riccardo A. A. Muzzarelli, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ancona, Ancona Italy; Massimo De Vincenzi, Department of Metabolism and Pathological Biochemistry, Istituto Superiore de Sanita, Rome, Italy
Enhancing Food Production with Chitosan Seed Coating Technology
Donald Freepons, Kennewick, Washington
Inhibition of Molting in Chewing Insect Pests
Maria L. Bade, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Properties of Insect Chitin Synthase: Effects of Inhibitors, g-S-GPT and Compounds Influencing Membrane Lipids
Michael Londershausen and Andreas Turberg, Institute for Parasitology, Bayer, AG, Leverkusen, Germany; Monika Ludwig, B"rbel Hirsch and Margarethe Spindler-Barth, Lehrstuhl fur Hormon- und Entwicklungsphysiologie, Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
New Applications of Chitin and Its Derivatives in Plant Protection
Henryk Struszczyk, Institute of Chemical Fibres, Lodz, Poland; Henryk Pospieszny, Institute of Plant Protection, Poznan, Poland
Chitinolytic Enzymes in Selected Species of Veterinary Importance
Michael Londershausen and Andreas Turberg, Institute for Parasitology, Bayer, AG, Leverkusen, Germany
Applications of Chitin, Chitosan, and Their Derivatives to Drug Carriers for Microparticulated or Conjugated Drug Delivery Systems
Hiraku Onishi, Ph.D., Tsuniji Nagai, Ph.D. and Yoshiharu Machida, Ph.D., Hoshi University, Tokyo, Japan
Part IV: Medicine and Biotechnology
Chitosan-Alginate Affinity Microcapsules for Isolation of Bovine Serum Albumin
Mattheus F. A. Goosen, Osei-Wusu Achaw and Edward W. Grandmaison, Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Structure and Isolation of Native Animal Chitins
Maria L. Bade, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Part V: Textiles and Polymers
Fine Structure and Properties of Filaments Prepared from Chitin Derivatives
G. W. Urbanczyk, Technical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Graft Copolymers
Keisuke Kurita, Department of Industrial Chemistry, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan
Part VI: Wastewater Treatment
Applications of Chitosan for the Elimination of Organochlorine Xenobiotics from Wastewater
J. P. Thome and Ch. Jeuniaux, University of Liege, Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Ecotoxicology, Liege, Belgium; M. Weltrowski, Textile Technology Centre, Quebec, Canada
Applications and Properties of Chitosan
Q. Li, E. T. Dunn, E. W. Grandmaison and M. F. A. Goosen, Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Applications of Chitin and Chitosan in the Ecological and Environmental Fields
Shigehiro Hirano, Department of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
Part II: Structure and Properties
Chitin Structure and Activity of Chitin-Specific Enzymes
Maria L. Bade, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
b-Chitin and Reactivity Characteristics
Keisuke Kurita, Department of Industrial Chemistry, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan
Characterization and Solution Properties of Chitosan and Chitosan Derivatives
M. Rinaudo, M. Milas and J. DesbriŠres, CERMAV-CNRS, Grenoble cedex, France
Soluble Precursors for Efficient Chemical Modifications
Keisuke Kurita, Department of Industrial Chemistry, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan
Part III: Food and Agriculture
Chitosans as Dietary Food Additives
Riccardo A. A. Muzzarelli, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ancona, Ancona Italy; Massimo De Vincenzi, Department of Metabolism and Pathological Biochemistry, Istituto Superiore de Sanita, Rome, Italy
Enhancing Food Production with Chitosan Seed Coating Technology
Donald Freepons, Kennewick, Washington
Inhibition of Molting in Chewing Insect Pests
Maria L. Bade, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Properties of Insect Chitin Synthase: Effects of Inhibitors, g-S-GPT and Compounds Influencing Membrane Lipids
Michael Londershausen and Andreas Turberg, Institute for Parasitology, Bayer, AG, Leverkusen, Germany; Monika Ludwig, B"rbel Hirsch and Margarethe Spindler-Barth, Lehrstuhl fur Hormon- und Entwicklungsphysiologie, Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
New Applications of Chitin and Its Derivatives in Plant Protection
Henryk Struszczyk, Institute of Chemical Fibres, Lodz, Poland; Henryk Pospieszny, Institute of Plant Protection, Poznan, Poland
Chitinolytic Enzymes in Selected Species of Veterinary Importance
Michael Londershausen and Andreas Turberg, Institute for Parasitology, Bayer, AG, Leverkusen, Germany
Applications of Chitin, Chitosan, and Their Derivatives to Drug Carriers for Microparticulated or Conjugated Drug Delivery Systems
Hiraku Onishi, Ph.D., Tsuniji Nagai, Ph.D. and Yoshiharu Machida, Ph.D., Hoshi University, Tokyo, Japan
Part IV: Medicine and Biotechnology
Chitosan-Alginate Affinity Microcapsules for Isolation of Bovine Serum Albumin
Mattheus F. A. Goosen, Osei-Wusu Achaw and Edward W. Grandmaison, Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Structure and Isolation of Native Animal Chitins
Maria L. Bade, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Part V: Textiles and Polymers
Fine Structure and Properties of Filaments Prepared from Chitin Derivatives
G. W. Urbanczyk, Technical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Graft Copolymers
Keisuke Kurita, Department of Industrial Chemistry, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan
Part VI: Wastewater Treatment
Applications of Chitosan for the Elimination of Organochlorine Xenobiotics from Wastewater
J. P. Thome and Ch. Jeuniaux, University of Liege, Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Ecotoxicology, Liege, Belgium; M. Weltrowski, Textile Technology Centre, Quebec, Canada
Biography
Mattheus F. A. Goosen (University of Turabo, Gurabo, Puerto Rico) (Edited by)
