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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Crini, Grégorio (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lichtfouse, Eric (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews, 36
• Subjects: 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.
• Physical Description: 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.