Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 35

Chitin and Chitosan: History, Fundamentals and Innovations
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-16540-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 35, 338 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 528 g

Reihe: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews

This book reviews recent research and applications of chitin and chitosan, as natural alternatives of fossil fuel products, in green chemistry, energy, biotechnology, bioprinting, medicine, water treatment, agriculture and food science. Chitin and chitosan products are polysaccharides derived from food waste of crustaceans and fungi, and thus are cheap, abundant, sustainable, non-toxic, recyclable and biocompatible.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lichtfouse, Eric

Crini, Grégorio

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Historical Landmarks in the Discovery of Chitin.- Chapter 2. Fundamentals and Applications of Chitosan.- Chapter 3. Biocatalytic Production of Hetero-Chitosan Oligosaccharides as Anti-Oxidants.- Chapter 4. Enzyme Immobilization on Chitin and Chitosan-Based Supports for Potential Biotechnological Applications.- Chapter 5. Chitin and Chitosan Derivative Membranes in Resources, Energy, Environmental and Medical Field.- Chapter 6. Utility of Chitosan for 3D Printing and Bioprinting.- Chapter 7. The Contribution of D-Glucosamine to cell Membrane Stability: Mechanisms and Applications in Regenerative Medicine.- Chapter 8. Manufacture Techniques of Chitosan Based Microcapsules to Enhance Functional Properties of Textiles.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Grégorio Crini is researcher at University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon. His current interests focus on the design of novel polymer networks and the environmental aspects of polysaccharide chemistry. He published over 190 papers in international journals and books, and he is a highly cited researcher. The total citation of his publications is over 8700, h-index: 33.

Dr. Eric Lichtfouse is a biogeochemist at Aix Marseille University who has invented carbon-13 dating, a molecular-level method allowing to study the dynamics of organic compounds in temporal pools of complex environmental media. He is Chief Editor of the journal Environmental Chemistry Letters, and the book series Sustainable Agriculture Reviews and Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World.