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ReviewNature food2022

Chitin and chitosan derived from crustacean waste valorization streams can support food systems and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Hamid Amiri, Mortaza Aghbashlo, Minaxi Sharma, James Gaffey, Louise Manning, Seyed Masoud Moosavi Basri, John F Kennedy, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Meisam Tabatabaei

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Review in Nature food, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Hamid AmiriDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Science and Technology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-3891-6471
Mortaza AghbashloDepartment of Mechanical Engineering of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. maghbashlo@ut.ac.ir.
Minaxi SharmaLaboratoire de 'Chimie Verte et Produits Biobasés', Haute Ecole Provinciale de Hainaut-Département AgroBioscience et Chimie, Ath, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-6493-5217
James GaffeyCircular Bioeconomy Research Group, Shannon Applied Biotechnology Centre, Munster Technological University, Munster, Ireland.
Louise ManningThe Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9368-9588
Seyed Masoud Moosavi BasriKuwait Cancer Control Center, Kuwait, Kuwait.
John F KennedyChembiotech Laboratories Ltd, Tenbury Wells, UK.
Vijai Kumar GuptaBiorefining and Advanced Materials Research Center, SRUC, Edinburgh, UK. vijai.gupta@sruc.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-1565-5918
Meisam TabatabaeiHigher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Malaysia. meisam.tabatabaei@umt.edu.my.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Crustacean waste, consisting of shells and other inedible fractions, represents an underutilized source of chitin. Here, we explore developments in the field of crustacean-waste-derived chitin and chitosan extraction and utilization, evaluating emerging food systems and biotechnological applications associated with this globally abundant waste stream. We consider how improving the efficiency and selectivity of chitin separation from wastes, redesigning its chemical structure to improve biotechnology-derived chitosan, converting it into value-added chemicals, and developing new applications for chitin (such as the fabrication of advanced nanomaterials used in fully biobased electric devices) can contribute towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Finally, we consider how gaps in the research could be filled and future opportunities could be developed to make optimal use of this important waste stream for food systems and beyond.

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