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Chitin Preservation

Chitin Preservation is a taphonomic process, within the broader category of organic biopolymer preservation, specifically characterized by the retention of chitin-based skeletal structures in fossilized microfossils due to resistance to degradation under particular geochemical conditions.

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Current views on fungal chitin/chitosan, human chitinases, food preservation, glucans, pectins and inulin: A tribute to Henri Braconnot, precursor of the carbohydrate polymers science, on the chitin bicentennial

Riccardo A.A. Müzzarelli, Joseph Boudrant, Diederick Meyer et al. · Carbohydrate Polymers · 2011 · 695 citations

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Dissolution or extraction of crustacean shells using ionic liquids to obtain high molecular weight purified chitin and direct production of chitin films and fibers

Ying Qin, Xingmei Lü, Ning Sun et al. · Green Chemistry · 2010 · 389 citations

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Alkaline N-deacetylation of chitin enhanced by flash treatments. Reaction kinetics and structure modifications

B. Focher, P. Beltrame, Anna Maria Naggi et al. · Carbohydrate Polymers · 1990 · 280 citations

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The recovery of protein hydrolysate during enzymatic isolation of chitin from shrimp Crangon crangon processing discards

Józef Synowiecki, Nadia Ali Abdul Quawi Al-Khateeb · Food Chemistry · 2000 · 229 citations

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Preservation of Chitin in 25-Million-Year-Old Fossils

B. Artur Stankiewicz, Derek E. G. Briggs, Richard P. Evershed et al. · Science · 1997 · 190 citations

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Authors

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  1. MN
    Monçef Nasri

    University of Sfax, Tunisia

    4 publications · 391 citations

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  2. XM
    Xiangzhao Mao

    Ocean University of China, China

    3 publications · 258 citations

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  3. SH
    Sawssen Hajji

    University of Sfax, Tunisia

    3 publications · 333 citations

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  4. IY
    Islem Younes

    University of Sfax, Tunisia

    2 publications · 201 citations

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  5. HS
    Humitake Seki

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    2 publications · 28 citations

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Institutions

162

  1. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    851 citations

  2. University of Sfax

    Sfax, Tunisia

    4 h-index

    22 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    3 h-index

    13 publications

    832 citations

  4. Ocean University of China

    Qingdao, China

    3 h-index

    15 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. South China University of Technology

    Guangzhou, China

    3 h-index

    13 publications

    563 citations

  6. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    84 citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. TU Bergakademie Freiberg

    Freiberg, Germany

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    414 citations

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  2. Carbohydrate Polymers

    8 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. Green Chemistry

    GC · 6 publications · 612 citations

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  4. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

    4 publications · 271 citations

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  5. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

    ABAB · 3 publications · 118 citations

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