Index page for: Applications of Chitan and Chitosan

Table of Contents Part I: OverviewApplications and Properties of ChitosanQ. Li, E. T. Dunn, E. W. Grandmaison and M. F. A. Goosen, Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Applications of Chitin and Chitosan in the Ecological and Environmental FieldsShigehiro Hirano, Department of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan Part II: Structure and PropertiesChitin Structure and Activity of Chitin-Specific EnzymesMaria L. Bade, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA b-Chitin and Reactivity CharacteristicsKeisuke Kurita, Department of Industrial Chemistry, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan Characterization and Solution Properties of Chitosan and Chitosan DerivativesM. Rinaudo, M. Milas and J. Desbri?res, CERMAV-CNRS, Grenoble cedex, France Soluble Precursors for Efficient Chemical ModificationsKeisuke Kurita, Department of Industrial Chemistry, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan Part III: Food and AgricultureChitosans as Dietary Food AdditivesRiccardo A. A. Muzzarelli, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ancona, Ancona Italy, Massimo De Vincenzi, Department of Metabolism and Pathological Biochemistry, Istituto Superiore de Sanita, Rome, Italy Enhancing Food Production with Chitosan Seed Coating TechnologyDonald Freepons, Kennewick, Washington Inhibition of Molting in Chewing Insect PestsMaria L. Bade, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Properties of Insect Chitin Synthase: Effects of Inhibitors, g-S-GPT and Compounds Influencing Membrane LipidsMichael Londershausen and Andreas Turberg, Institute for Parasitology, Bayer, AG, Leverkusen, Germany, Monika Ludwig, Brbel Hirsch and Margarethe Spindler-Barth, Lehrstuhl fur Hormon- und Entwicklungsphysiologie, Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany New Applications of Chitin and Its Derivatives in Plant ProtectionHenryk Struszczyk, Institute of Chemical Fibres, Lodz, Poland, Henryk Pospieszny, Institute of Plant Protection, Poznan, Poland Chitinolytic Enzymes in Selected Species of Veterinary ImportanceMichael Londershausen and Andreas Turberg, Institute for Parasitology, Bayer, AG, Leverkusen, Germany Applications of Chitin, Chitosan, and Their Derivatives to Drug Carriers for Microparticulated or Conjugated Drug Delivery SystemsHiraku Onishi, Ph.D., Tsuniji Nagai, Ph.D. and Yoshiharu Machida, Ph.D., Hoshi University, Tokyo, Japan Part IV: Medicine and BiotechnologyChitosan-Alginate Affinity Microcapsules for Isolation of Bovine Serum AlbuminMattheus F. A. Goosen, Osei-Wusu Achaw and Edward W. Grandmaison, Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Structure and Isolation of Native Animal ChitinsMaria L. Bade, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Part V: Textiles and PolymersFine Structure and Properties of Filaments Prepared from Chitin DerivativesG. W. Urbanczyk, Technical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland Graft CopolymersKeisuke Kurita, Department of Industrial Chemistry, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan Part VI: Wastewater TreatmentApplications of Chitosan for the Elimination of Organochlorine Xenobiotics from WastewaterJ. P. Thome and Ch. Jeuniaux, University of Liege, Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Ecotoxicology, Liege, Belgium, M. Weltrowski, Textile Technology Centre, Quebec, Canada