A Renewable Natural Bioactive Polysaccharide: An Overview to Chitosan

Büşra Ayhan; Nevin Şanlier

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A Renewable Natural Bioactive Polysaccharide: An Overview to Chitosan

Büşra Ayhan, Nevin Şanlier

Published in International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences (Volume 4, Issue 5)

Received: 30 July 2015 Accepted: 11 August 2015 Published: 21 August 2015

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Abstract

Chitin is a polysaccharide, which can be found in the structures of some insects, yeasts and fungi in nature. Chitosan is a compound, which is obtained by de – acetylation of chitin. Apart from that, there is chitosan naturally on the cell walls of some fungi, in yeasts and protozoa and in the outer shells of crustaceans. Chitosan is a molecule, which is frequently used in health field and food industry. It is frequently used in bioactive packing especially for its antibacterial effect. In addition, it is used in many areas such as waste treatment for its antioxidant feature. Areas of use of chitosan are expanding because it is an edible agent and because of its low level of toxic activity, and new areas of use are discovered everyday in good and health sectors

Published in	International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences (Volume 4, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijnfs.20150405.15
Page(s)	541-548
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Keywords

Chitosan, Chitin, Antimicrobial

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