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Chitin: New Facets of Research
Abstract
Research on chitin as a marine resource is pointing to novel applications for this cellulose-like biopolymer. Discovery of nondegrading solvent systems has permitted the spinning of filaments, for example, for use as surgical sutures. New methods for preparing the bioactive alkyl glycosides of N -acetyl-D-glucosamine (the monomer unit of chitin) and a microcrystalline chitin have encouraged their use as promoters for growth of bifidobacteria and as an aid in digestion of high-lactose cheese whey by domestic animals. Chitin-protein complexes of several crustacean species show great variability in ratios of chitin to covalently bound protein and in residual protein in the "purified" chitins.
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- Authors
- Austin, P. R., Brine, C. J., Castle, J. E., & Zikakis, J. P.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1981-05-15
- Volume
- 212
- Issue
- 4496
- Pages
- 749-753
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2002833331
- Cited by
- 356
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 6.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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