| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - -D-glucan, containing some N-acetyl-glucosamine units (Figure 1), obtained by partial deacetylation of chitin, the main component of the exoskeleton of crustaceans, and it is generally considered as biocompatible and biodegradable [1, 2]; chitin and CHI are the most abundant polysaccharides among those containing amino sugars [3].
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