Industrial applications of crustacean by-products (chitin, chitosan, and chitooligosaccharides): A review

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 40-50

  Hamed, Imen ^a   Özogul, Fatih ^a   Regenstein, Joe M ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin; Chitooligosaccharides; Chitosan; Crustacean shell wastes

Indexed keywords

BIOHAZARDS; BIOPOLYMERS; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD WASTE; SHELLFISH;

BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; CHITOOLIGOSACCHARIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; HUMAN HEALTH PROBLEMS; LARGE AMOUNTS; PROCESSING INDUSTRY; SHELLFISH WASTE;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84956858918     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2015.11.007     Document Type: Review

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