A team of scientists from the University of Adelaide is working to determine if chitosan — which is shrimp-derived material ...

Chitosan comes from the shells of sea creatures like lobsters, shrimp, and crabs. It’s also found in insect shells and the cell walls of some mushrooms. If you have a shellfish allergy, you ...

Chitosan is made from chitin, a fibrous compound found mainly on the hard outer skeletons of crustaceans and in the cell walls of some fungi. One study revealed that an enzymatic reaction produces ...

Scientists are exploring a new way to deliver medicine in space using chitosan, a material made from shrimp shells. Chitosan ...

Scientists have sent nanoemulsion formulations on a space flight to investigate whether chitosan – a material derived from shrimp and widely used to control the release of medications – performs well ...