This book reviews recent research and applications of chitin and chitosan, as natural alternatives of fossil fuel products, in medicine and pharmacy, agriculture, food science and water treatment. Chitin and chitosan products are polysaccharides derived from food waste of crustaceans and fungi, and thus are cheap, abundant, sustainable, non-toxic, recyclable and biocompatible. Remarkable applications include food additives and preservation, packaging materials, biopesticides and fertilisers, drug delivery, tissue engineering, bioflocculation and dye removal.

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Dr. Grégorio Crini is researcher at University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon. His current interests focus on the design of novel polymer networks and the environmental aspects of polysaccharide chemistry. He published over 190 papers in international journals and books, and he is a highly cited researcher. The total citation of his publications is over 8700, h-index: 33.
Dr. Eric Lichtfouse is a biogeochemist at Aix Marseille University who has invented carbon-13 dating, a molecular-level method allowing to study the dynamics of organic compounds in temporal pools of complex environmental media. He is Chief Editor of the journal Environmental Chemistry Letters, and the book series Sustainable Agriculture Reviews and Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World.

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Preface
Chapter 1. Nutritional and Additive Uses of Chitin and Chitosan in the Food IndustryCarla Harkin, Norbert Mehlmer, Dirk V. Woortman, Thomas B. Brück and Wolfram M. Brück
Chapter 2. Chitosan for Seafood Processing and PreservationPiotr Kulawik, Ewelina Jamróz and Fatih Özogul
Chapter 3. Applications of Chitosan as Food Packaging MaterialsPatricia Cazón and Manuel Vázquez
Chapter 4. Applications of Chitin in AgricultureJulia Shamshina, Tetyana Oldham (Konak) and Robin D. Rogers
Chapter 5. Chitosan-Based HydrogelsJanaína Oliveira Gonçalves, Vanessa Mendonça Esquerdo, Tito Roberto Sant'Anna Cadaval Junior, and Luiz Antonio de Almeida Pinto
Chapter 6. Chitin and Chitosan in Drug DeliveryRabinarayan Parhi
Chapter 7. Application of Chitosan-Based Formulations in Controlled Drug DeliveryJacques Desbrieres, Catalina Anisoara Peptu, Lacramioara Ochiuz, Corina Lenuta Savin, Marcel Popa and Silvia Vasiliu
Chapter 8. Design of Nano-Chitosans for Tissue Engineering and Molecular DeliverySheriff Adewuyi, Iriczalli Cruz-Maya, Ejeromedoghene Onome and Vincenzo Guarino
Chapter 9. Chitosan for Direct Bioflocculation ProcessesEric Lichtfouse, Nadia Morin-Crini, Marc Fourmentin, Hassiba Zemmouri, Inara Oliveira do Carmo Nascimento, Luciano Matos Queiroz, Mohd Yuhyi Mohd Tadza, Lorenzo A. Picos-Corrales, Haiyan Pei, Lee D. Wilson and Grégorio Crini
Chapter 10. Cross-linked Chitosan Hydrogels for Dye RemovalGrégorio Crini, Giangiacomo Torri, Éric Lichtfouse, George Z. Kyzas, Lee D. Wilson and Nadia Morin-Crini