Fungal Species:  House cricket

Green Processes for Chitin and Chitosan Production from Insects: Current State, Challenges, and Opportunities

This research examines environmentally friendly ways to extract valuable compounds called chitin and chitosan from insects. These natural polymers have many useful applications in food, medicine, and materials science. The study is important because traditional extraction methods use harmful chemicals that can damage the environment. Impacts on everyday life: • Development of more sustainable and eco-friendly materials for food packaging and medical applications • Reduction of environmental pollution from chemical processing • Creation of value from insect farming waste products • Support for the growing insect protein industry by finding uses for byproducts • Advancement of green chemistry practices that could be applied to other industrial processes

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