Bio-evaluation of crustacean and fungal nano-chitosan for applying as food ingredient

Chitosan, bio-polyaminosacharide, is derived from chitin. Two sources (shrimp wastes and fungus biomass) were used to produce chitosan. And then the chitosan was produced in the nano-form followed by characterization by transmission electron microscopy. The images obtained clearly showed that the si...

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Main Authors: Osama M. Darwesh, Yousef Y. Sultan, Mohamed M. Seif, Diaa A. Marrez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Toxicology Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214750018301367