Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 36 Chitin and Chitosan: Applications in Food, Agriculture, Pharmacy, Medicine and Wastewater Treatment /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Crini, Grégorio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lichtfouse, Eric (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews, 36
• Θέματα: Agriculture.; Biomedical engineering.; Water pollution.; Environmental chemistry.; Food-Biotechnology.; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Environmental Chemistry.; Food Science.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: IX, 428 p. 40 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783030165819
• ISSN: 2210-4410 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-16581-9

This book reviews recent research and applications of chitin and chitosan, as natural alternatives of fossil fuel products, in medicine and pharmacy, agriculture, food science and water treatment. 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. Remarkable applications include food additives and preservation, packaging materials, biopesticides and fertilisers, drug delivery, tissue engineering, bioflocculation and dye removal.