Isolation and characterization of chitosans from edible mushrooms
Beside their traditional food usage, mushrooms can be used as a source of many
pharmacologically active compounds, especially polysaccharides. Wastes after industrial
processing of edible mushrooms, such as Agaricus or Pleurotus species, can also become free
and alternative source of chitin – chitosan materials, beside the traditional industrial source –
shellfish waste materials.