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Chitin

Known as: Chitin [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A linear polysaccharide of beta-1->4 linked units of ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE. It is the second most abundant biopolymer on earth, found especially in… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2009
Review
2009
Electrospinning of polysaccharides for regenerative medicine.
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Chitin Is a Size-Dependent Regulator of Macrophage TNF and IL-10 Production1
Chitin is a ubiquitous polysaccharide in fungi, insects, and parasites. We hypothesized that chitin is a size-dependent regulator… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
TLR-2 and IL-17A in Chitin-Induced Macrophage Activation and Acute Inflammation1
Chitin is a ubiquitous polysaccharide in fungi, insects, and parasites. To test the hypothesis that chitin is an important immune… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
A study of the yeast cell wall composition and structure in response to growth conditions and mode of cultivation
Aim: The polysaccharide composition of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall was measured under various growth conditions and… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Chitosan and chitin oligomers increase phenylalanine ammonia-lyase and tyrosine ammonia-lyase activities in soybean leaves.
Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL, EC 4.3.1.5) and tyrosine ammonia-lyase (TAL, 4.3.1.), the key enzymes of the phenylpropanoid… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Immunomodulatory effects of dietary intake of chitin on gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.) innate immune system.
To determine the effects of chitin (poly [1-->4]-beta-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine) on the innate immune response of gilthead seabream… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Biodegradation and distribution of water-soluble chitosan in mice.
Review
1995
Review
1995
Insect cuticular proteins.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Chitosan-mediated stimulation of macrophage function.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Antimicrobial peptides from Amaranthus caudatus seeds with sequence homology to the cysteine/glycine-rich domain of chitin-binding proteins.
Two antimicrobial peptides (Ac-AMP1 and Ac-AMP2) were isolated from seeds of amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus), and their… 
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