Title	Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 36 [electronic resource] : Chitin and Chitosan: Applications in Food, Agriculture, Pharmacy, Medicine and Wastewater Treatment / edited by Grégorio Crini, Eric Lichtfouse
Imprint	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019
Edition	1st ed. 2019
Connect to	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16581-9
Descript	IX, 428 p. 40 illus. online resource

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

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

1. Agriculture
2. Biomedical engineering
3. Environmental pollution
4. Environmental chemistry
5. Food science
6. Agriculture. http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/L11006
7. Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology. http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/B24000
8. Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/U35040
9. Environmental Chemistry. http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/U15000
10. Food Science. http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/C15001