Chitin in Nature and Technology

Progress toward solving the structures of polysaccharides.- Section I Chitin in Skeletal Structures of Animals.- Chitinoproteic complexes and mineralization in Mollusk skeletal structures.- Characterization of the insect cuticle layers by laser Raman Spectrometry.- Structural studies on the sclerotized insect cuticle.- Chitin-protein molecular organization in Arthropod cuticles.- Pore canals and organization of chitinoproteins in the cuticle of the crab Carcinus maenas.- Lipid-linked intermediates in crustacean chitin synthesis.- Section II Chitin in Skeletal Structures of Microbes.- The role of chitin in fungal growth and morphogenesis.- The role of chitin in hyphal morphogenesis.- Chitin synthesis, dimorphism and virulence in the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans.- Effect of Congo Red on yeast morphogenesis.- Roles of chitinases in fungal growth.- Chitin estimation to measure fungal biomass.- Studies of autolytic enzymes in fungi.- Comparison of chitin fibril structure and assembly in three unicellular organisms.- Polygalactosamine produced by a microorganism.- Section III Chitin Synthesis Inhibition.- Benzoylaryl ureas insecticides: compounds interfering with chitin synthesis.- Inhibition of chitin synthesis in insect systems.- Chitin biosynthesis in insects and its disruption as a means of pest control.- Comparative effects of benzoylaryl ureas on insects.- Biosynthesis of chitin by insect epidermal cells: effect of benzoyl phenyl ureas.- Effect of diflubenzuron on the cuticle of crab larvae.- Toxicity of diflubenzuron to non-target organisms.- Chitin inhibitors in pest management in India.- Mode of inhibition of chitin synthesis by diflubenzuron.- New synthetic polyoxin analogs for chitin synthesis inhibition.- Nikkomycin Z as inhibitor of Candida albicans growth.- Section IV Molecular Recognition and Biodegradation.- Chitosan both activates genes in plants and inhibits RNA synthesis in fungi.- Chitosan and other polyamines: antifungal activity and interaction with biological membranes.- Chitinase, a defense of higher plant against pathogens.- Plant chitinases and lysozymes.- The role of chitinases and chitin syntase inhibitors in controlling plant pathogenic fungi.- Chitinase activities in animals, fungi and bacteria.- Chitin deacetylases in invertebrates.- Recognition of human erythrocytes by a chitin-binding lectin of a fungus, Conidiobolus lamprauges.- Section V Chemistry of Chitin.- Dry chitosan salts and complexes of aliphatic carboxyl acids.- Chemical modifications of chitin and chitosan.- Chemically modified chitosans.- The chelating ability of aminoacid glucans and sugar acid chitosans.- Ionic interactions between chitosan and oxidised cellulose.- Chitin and chitosan solutions.- Synthesis of oligosaccharides representing the chitobiosyl link in glycoproteins.- Stable isotopic studies on chitin, measurements on chitin/chitosan isolates and D-glucosamine hydrochloride from chitin.- Characterization of chitin derivatives by pyrolysis-gas chromatography.- Synthesis and physico-chemical properties of the polyampholyte chitosan 6-sulfate.- Small angle x-ray scattering study of chitosan 6-sulfate in water.- The determination of the degree of acetylation of chitosans by spectrophotometry.- Filmogenic properties of chitin/chitosan.- Physical modifications of chitin and chitosan.- Whole cells and enzymes immobilized on chitosan.- Section VI Medical Uses of Chitin.- Chitosan effect in vascular surgery, tissue culture and tissue regeneration.- Evaluation of chitosan as a new hemostatic agent: in vitro and in vivo experiments.- Inhibitory action of sulfated chitin derivatives on the hydrolytic activity of thrombin.- Sulfated derivatives of chitosan and their characterization with respect to biological activity.- Sulfated N-carboxymethyl chitosans as blood anticoagulants.- Immunological activity of chitin derivatives.- Immunopotentiating effect of N-acetyl-chito-oligosaccharides.- Adhesion properties of mouse spleen lymphocytes on chitin and its derivatives.- Biomedical evaluation of acylated chitins as coating materials.- Chitosan in dentistry.- Section VII Chitin Ecology.- Chitin production by animals and natural communities in marine environment.- Chitin diagenesis in deep-water sediments.- Anaerobic decomposition of chitin in fresh water sediments.- Chitinolytic communities from an anaerobic estuarine environment.- Chitin degradation in natural environment (Mollusk shells and crab carapaces).- Chitosan as a tool for the purification of waters.- Author Index.- Organism Index.