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.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Nutritional and Additive Uses of Chitin and Chitosan in the Food Industry
• Chapter 2. Chitosan for Seafood Processing and Preservation
• Chapter 3. Applications of Chitosan as Food Packaging Materials
• Chapter 4. Applications of Chitin in Agriculture
• Chapter 5. Chitosan-Based Hydrogels
• Chapter 6. Chitin and Chitosan in Drug Delivery
• Chapter 7. Application of Chitosan-Based Formulations in Controlled Drug Delivery
• Chapter 8. Design of Nano-Chitosans for Tissue Engineering and Molecular Delivery
• Chapter 9. Chitosan for Direct Bioflocculation Processes
• Chapter 10. Cross-linked Chitosan Hydrogels for Dye Removal.