Isolation and characterization of chitin and chitosan as potential biomaterials

Marine Biomaterials: Characterization, Isolation and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 45-60

  Nwe, Nitar ^a   Furuike, Tetsuya ^b   Tamura, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Dukkha Life Science Laboratory   (Myanmar)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; BONE; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; CHITOSAN; MOLLUSCS;

ANTIOXIDATIVE; CHOLESTEROL REDUCTION; DENTAL ENAMELS; FLOCCULATING AGENTS; HEMOSTATIC AGENTS; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; NATURAL BIOPOLYMERS; REMINERALIZATION;

SHELLFISH;

EID: 84904899453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b14723     Document Type: Chapter

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