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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 36

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

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Editors:
  1. Grégorio Crini

    1. Chrono-Environnement, UMR 6249, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France

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  2. Eric Lichtfouse

    1. Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRA, Coll France, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France

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  • Novel industrial applications of an abundant, natural product in medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, food science, and water treatment
  • Provides advanced knowledge on the properties of chitin and chitosan
  • Includes 40 tables and 37 illustrations allowing fast understanding of current knowledge

Part of the book series: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews (SARV, volume 36)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Nutritional and Additive Uses of Chitin and Chitosan in the Food Industry

    • Carla Harkin, Norbert Mehlmer, Dirk V. Woortman, Thomas B. Brück, Wolfram M. Brück
    Pages 1-43

  3. Chitosan for Seafood Processing and Preservation

    • Piotr Kulawik, Ewelina Jamróz, Fatih Özogul
    Pages 45-79

  4. Applications of Chitosan as Food Packaging Materials

    • Patricia Cazón, Manuel Vázquez
    Pages 81-123

  5. Applications of Chitin in Agriculture

    • Julia L. Shamshina, Tetyana Oldham (Konak), Robin D. Rogers
    Pages 125-146

  6. Chitosan-Based Hydrogels

    • Janaina Oliveira Gonçalves, Vanessa Mendonça Esquerdo, Tito Roberto Sant’Anna Cadaval Jr, Luiz Antonio de Almeida Pinto
    Pages 147-173

  7. Chitin and Chitosan in Drug Delivery

    • Rabinarayan Parhi
    Pages 175-239

  8. Application of Chitosan-Based Formulations in Controlled Drug Delivery

    • Jacques Desbrieres, Catalina Peptu, Lacramiora Ochiuz, Corina Savin, Marcel Popa, Silvia Vasiliu
    Pages 241-314

  9. Design of Nano-Chitosans for Tissue Engineering and Molecular Release

    • Sheriff Adewuyi, Iriczalli Cruz-Maya, Onome Ejeromedoghene, Vincenzo Guarino
    Pages 315-334

  10. Chitosan for Direct Bioflocculation Processes

    • Eric Lichtfouse, Nadia Morin-Crini, Marc Fourmentin, Hassiba Zemmouri, Inara Oliveira do Carmo Nascimento, Luciano Matos Queiroz et al.
    Pages 335-380

  11. Cross-Linked Chitosan-Based Hydrogels for Dye Removal

    • Grégorio Crini, Giangiacomo Torri, Eric Lichtfouse, George Z. Kyzas, Lee D. Wilson, Nadia Morin-Crini
    Pages 381-425

  12. Correction to: Chitosan for Direct Bioflocculation Processes

    • Eric Lichtfouse, Nadia Morin-Crini, Marc Fourmentin, Hassiba Zemmouri, Inara Oliveira do Carmo Nascimento, Luciano Matos Queiroz et al.
    Pages C1-C1

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 427-428
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Chrono-Environnement, UMR 6249, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France

    Grégorio Crini

  • Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRA, Coll France, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France

    Eric Lichtfouse

About the editors

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.

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