Chitin : fulfilling a biomaterials promise /
The second edition of Chitin underscores the important factors for standardizing chitin processing and characterization. It captures the essential interplay between chitin's assets and limitations as a biomaterial, placing the past promises of chitin in perspective, addressing its present reali...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Waltham, MA :
Elsevier,
2014.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The second edition of Chitin underscores the important factors for standardizing chitin processing and characterization. It captures the essential interplay between chitin's assets and limitations as a biomaterial, placing the past promises of chitin in perspective, addressing its present realities and offering insight into what is required to realize chitin's destiny (including its derivative, chitosan) as a biomaterial of the twenty-first century. This book is an ideal guide for both industrialists and researchers with a vested interest in commercializing chitin. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. References6 Chitin and Chitosan Relative to Collagen and Hyaluronan; 6.1 Preliminary comments; 6.2 Brief overview of collagen; 6.3 Brief overview of hyaluronan; 6.4 Survey of chitin with collagen and hyaluronan; 6.4.1 Chitosan and collagen; 6.4.2 Chitosan and HA; 6.4.3 Chitosan with collagen and HA; 6.5 Trends; References; 7 Chitin and Chitosan: Making the Grade; 7.1 What is Medical Grade?; 7.2 Obtaining ready-to-use materials7; 7.2.1 Chitin raw materials; 7.2.2 Chitin pretreatment; 7.2.3 Chitin isolation; 7.3 Purity and quality; 7.3.1 Criteria for acceptance-purity. |
| ISBN: | 1306874661 9781306874663 9780080999395 0080999395 9780080999401 0080999409 |