Chitin
Fulfilling a Biomaterials Promise
- 2nd Edition - June 12, 2014
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Eugene Khor
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 9 9 3 9 - 5
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 1 4 2 5 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 9 9 4 0 - 1
The second edition of Chitin underscores the important factors for standardizing chitin processing and characterization. It captures the essential interplay between chitin's assets… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe 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.
- An update on the research since 2001 as it pertains to the biomaterials and biomedical applications of chitin and chitosan
- An expanded discussion on positioning chitin and chitosan for biomedical applications
- Presents regulatory aspects of chitin and chitosan
Major Research Universities, Research Institutes, and Research Centers
- Edition: 2
- Published: June 12, 2014
- No. of pages (eBook): 154
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780080999395
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081014257
- eBook ISBN: 9780080999401
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Eugene Khor
Dr. Eugene Khor, Chiticore Enterprises Inc. Victoria, Canada.
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