Chitin and Chitosan Derivatives Advances in Drug Discovery and Developments

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Synopsis

A natural long-chain polymer, chitin is the main component of the cell walls of fungi, the exoskeletons of arthropods (including crustaceans and insects), the radulas of mollusks, and the beaks and internal shells of cephalopods. However, marine crustacean shells are the primary sources of the chitin derivative chitosan. Chitin and chitosan are use

Book details

Author:
Se-Kwon Kim
ISBN:
9781466566323
Related ISBNs:
9780429099434, 9781466566286, 9781466566286
Publisher:
CRC Press
Pages:
527
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-03-23
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2014
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Medicine, Nonfiction, Science