chitin

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Chitin, also known as chitin or chitosan, is a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide that is widely found in the shells of crustaceans, the shells of insects, and the cell walls of fungi. It has a variety of applications: 
1. Medical field: Chitin can be used as medical materials such as surgical sutures, wound dressings, and artificial skin. It has the effects of promoting wound healing, anti-tumor, and regulating immune function. 
2. Food industry: As a food additive, chitin helps control blood sugar and blood lipid levels and can extend the shelf life of food. 
3. Industrial application: Chitin is used for water and wastewater purification, as a food additive to stabilize food, and to increase paper strength in the papermaking industry. 
4. Cosmetics: Due to its adsorption and moisturizing properties, chitin can be used in cosmetics. 
5. Agriculture: Chitin can induce crops to acquire systemic disease immunity and produce resistance substances such as chitinase, thereby resisting diseases. 
 6. Environmental protection: Chitin and its derivatives have chelating ability for a variety of metals and have application prospects in water purification and sewage treatment.
7. Biotechnology: Chitinase shows great market potential in the fields of medicine, agriculture, food processing, etc., such as hydrolyzing the cell wall of pathogenic fungi and destroying the body wall of pests.
8. Textile industry: Chitin can be used as an additive for underwear materials due to its softness, elasticity and antibacterial properties.
9. Papermaking industry: As an additive in the papermaking industry, it improves the performance of paper.
*0. Photographic industry: Chitin is used to make wear-resistant and light-sensitive photographic materials.
These applications of chitin show its potential and importance as a multifunctional natural polymer.