Chitosan – A Breakout Biopolymer for Bioplastics and Bacteriostatic Stretch Films
What is Chitosan? Chitosan, pronounced, “Kite’-O-San”, is a natural biopolymer derived from chitin, the structural component that gives mushrooms their rigidity and form, crustaceans their outer shell and insects their exoskeleton. Origin and Abundance Chitin is the second most abundant natural polysaccharide in nature, after cellulose. Most fungi contain 5%-7% chitin in their cell walls. […]
