Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 36

Chitin and Chitosan: Applications in Food, Agriculture, Pharmacy, Medicine and Wastewater Treatment

AvGrégorio Crini,Eric Lichtfouse

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-08-14
Mått:155 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt:663 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Sustainable Agriculture Reviews
Antal sidor:428
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030165833

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Mer om författaren

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.

Innehållsförteckning

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.