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Science 15 May 1981:
Vol. 212. no. 4496, pp. 749 - 753
DOI: 10.1126/science.7221561
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Science, Vol 212, Issue 4496, 749-753
Copyright © 1981 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Chitin: New facets of research

PR Austin, CJ Brine, JE Castle, and JP Zikakis

Research on chitin as a marine resource is pointing to novel applications for this cellulose-like biopolymer. Discovery of nondegrading solvent systems has permitted the spinning of filaments, for example, for use as surgical sutures. New methods for preparing the bioactive alkyl glycoside of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (the monomer unit of chitin) and a microcrystalline chitin has encouraged their use as promoters for growth of bifidobacteria and as an aid in digestion of high-lactose cheese whey by domestic animals. Chitin-protein complexes of several crustacean species show great variability in ratios of chitin to covalently bound protein and in residual protein in the "purified" chitins.


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