Chitin and Collagen: Isolation, Purification, Characterization, and Applications, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Polysaccharides (ISSN 2673-4176).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 788
Special Issue Editor
Interests: marine collagen; marine chitin; chitosan; marine proteins; marine polysaccharides; drug discovery; biomineralization; biomaterials; marine invertebrates; corals; marine algae; marine fish proteomics; marine biotechnology
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Dear Colleagues,
Chitin and collagen are the most important biopolymers in nature. These two biopolymers also exhibit similar hierarchical structural organizations. Chitin is the most abundant amino polysaccharide polymer occurring in nature and has been identified in bacteria, fungi, plants, and marine invertebrates. Chitin can also be enzymatically and and chemically deacetylated to chitosan, a more flexible and soluble biopolymer. It has many applications, including in medical, environmental, and agricultural sectors. Likewise, nature is a source of massive quantities of collagen, especially in marine organisms. Collagen is the main fibrous structural protein in the extracellular matrix and connective tissue of animals. It contributes greatly to biotechnology products and medical applications.
As a Guest Editor of this Special Issue, I invite you to submit recent innovations in these two biopolymers, including original works, reviews, short communications, and innovations in the biological sources and their promising applications
Dr. Azizur Rahman
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chitin
- collagen
- biopolymers
- biomineralization
- biomaterials
- marine invertebrates
- proteomics
- polysaccharides
- skeletal proteins
- extracellular proteins
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