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In addition to be the second most abundant natural polymer in nature, a renown has a great potential as a biomaterial in the area of biotechnology, because it is biocompatible, bio reactive and biodegradable 1,2. Such characteristics, diverse applications in areas such as agriculture, food, environmental, and as two areas with greater focus: pharmaceutical and health 3,4. Its structure consists of N-acetyl-d-glucosamine units with β- (1,4) bonds, having as main characteristic the insolubility in water and some organic acids 5. Chitin belongs to the group of structural polysaccharides, together with cellulose, the second polymer being more abundant in the biosphere 6-9.
Luciano Pighinelli (Fri,) studied this question.