scholarly journals A Review of Various Sources of Chitin and Chitosan in Nature

2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1097-1123
Author(s):  
Benedict Terkula Iber ◽  
Nor Azman Kasan ◽  
Donald Torsabo ◽  
Jenifer Wese Omuwa
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2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (29) ◽  
pp. 3508-3521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaochen Jia ◽  
Mijanur R. Rajib ◽  
Heng Yin

Background: Application of chitin attracts much attention in the past decades as the second abundant polysaccharides in the world after cellulose. Chitin oligosaccharides (CTOS) and its deacetylated derivative chitosan oligosaccharides (COS) were shown great potentiality in agriculture by enhancing plant resistance to abiotic or biotic stresses, promoting plant growth and yield, improving fruits quality and storage, etc. Those applications have already served huge economic and social benefits for many years. However, the recognition mode and functional mechanism of CTOS and COS on plants have gradually revealed just in recent years. Objective: Recognition pattern and functional mechanism of CTOS and COS in plant together with application status of COS in agricultural production will be well described in this review. By which we wish to promote further development and application of CTOS and COS–related products in the field.


Marine Drugs ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 392
Author(s):  
Haomiao Cheng ◽  
Chris Bowler ◽  
Xiaohui Xing ◽  
Vincent Bulone ◽  
Zhanru Shao ◽  
...  

β-Chitin produced by diatoms is expected to have significant economic and ecological value due to its structure, which consists of parallel chains of chitin, its properties and the high abundance of diatoms. Nevertheless, few studies have functionally characterised chitin-related genes in diatoms owing to the lack of omics-based information. In this study, we first compared the chitin content of three representative Thalassiosira species. Cell wall glycosidic linkage analysis and chitin/chitosan staining assays showed that Thalassiosira weissflogii was an appropriate candidate chitin producer. A full-length (FL) transcriptome of T. weissflogii was obtained via PacBio sequencing. In total, the FL transcriptome comprised 23,362 annotated unigenes, 710 long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), 363 transcription factors (TFs), 3113 alternative splicing (AS) events and 3295 simple sequence repeats (SSRs). More specifically, 234 genes related to chitin metabolism were identified and the complete biosynthetic pathways of chitin and chitosan were explored. The information presented here will facilitate T. weissflogii molecular research and the exploitation of β-chitin-derived high-value enzymes and products.


2021 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 294-300
Author(s):  
Chen-Hsueh Lin ◽  
Yu-Sheng Chen ◽  
Wei-Lun Huang ◽  
Tzung-Chin Hung ◽  
Ten-Chin Wen

2020 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 17-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kannan Mohan ◽  
Abirami Ramu Ganesan ◽  
Thirunavukkarasu Muralisankar ◽  
Rajarajeswaran Jayakumar ◽  
Palanivel Sathishkumar ◽  
...  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 666 ◽  
pp. 151-157
Author(s):  
Shou Feng Yang ◽  
Hong Cai Zhang ◽  
Yi Xiang Shi ◽  
A Jun Wan

Chitosan has multiple applications due to its advantages including availability, biocompatibility and biodegradability in food, agriculture, material science and so on. In recent years, chitosan was frequently chosen as absorbent of wastewater and reached a satisfactory effect. It should be noted that it is one of most important links in the environment enhancement chains using chitosan as absorbent of heavy metal in wastewater treatment. Chitosan-molecularly imprinted polymers with favorable absorption ability can meanwhile absorb many heavy metal including Cu2+, Hg+, Mn2+ion, etc. The aim of this paper is to review their latest development in wastewater treatment for providing helpful guidances for researcher in this field.


2016 ◽  
Vol 181 (4) ◽  
pp. 1314-1337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuyishime Philibert ◽  
Byong H. Lee ◽  
Nsanzabera Fabien

2004 ◽  
Vol 25 (20) ◽  
pp. 1776-1780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masayori Fujioka ◽  
Hideyuki Okada ◽  
Yukihiko Kusaka ◽  
Satoko Nishiyama ◽  
Hiromichi Noguchi ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 3959-3964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiro Kaneko ◽  
Shun-ichi Matsuda ◽  
Jun-ichi Kadokawa
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