A REVIEW ON CHITOSAN: ECOFRIENDLY MULTIPLE POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
Journal: International Journal of Advancement in Life Sciences Research
Year: 2018

Recently, increasing attention has been paid to development of new functional materials for the environment and health, due to the huge waste produced annually by the shellfish processing industry and the absence of waste management which lead to environmental and human health negative effects. The extraction of chitin from crustaceans’ shells may be a solution to minimize the waste and to produce chitosan, a valuable compound which possess biological properties (e.g., anti-cancer, antioxidant,