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In the recent years, numerous natural as well as synthetic polymers have been examined for agricultural, biotechnological, medical and pharmaceutical applications (Kadajji and Betageri 2011). The basic advantage of these polymers used in plants or animals is that they don’t have any toxic effects on environment. Among such polymers, chitosan is a linear homo-polymer of glucosamine and N-acetyl glucosamine units linked by β (1–4) glycosidic linkage (Rajan and Raj 2013). As such chitosan is not present in nature and thus it can’t be extracted from naturally occurring resources. Indeed, chitosan is the deacetylated product of natural chitin; the second most abundant polysaccharide in nature. Due to unique characteristics, such as non-toxic, biocompatible, safe and biodegradable, it is globally used as an antibacterial, antifungal and adhesive agent either blended with other polymers or alone (Dutta et al. 2004).
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Saharan, V., Pal, A. (2016). Properties and Types of Chitosan-Based Nanomaterials. In: Chitosan Based Nanomaterials in Plant Growth and Protection. SpringerBriefs in Plant Science. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3601-6_3
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