Progress toward solving the structures of polysaccharides. - Section I Chitin in Skeletal Structures of Animals. - Chitinoproteic complexes and mineralization in Mollusk skeletal structures. - Characterization of the insect cuticle layers by laser Raman Spectrometry. - Structural studies on the sclerotized insect cuticle. - Chitin-protein molecular organization in Arthropod cuticles. - Pore canals and organization of chitinoproteins in the cuticle of the crab Carcinus maenas. - Lipid-linked intermediates in crustacean chitin synthesis. - Section II Chitin in Skeletal Structures of Microbes. - The role of chitin in fungal growth and morphogenesis. - The role of chitin in hyphal morphogenesis. - Chitin synthesis dimorphism and virulence in the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans. - Effect of Congo Red on yeast morphogenesis. - Roles of chitinases in fungal growth. - Chitin estimation to measure fungal biomass. - Studies of autolytic enzymes in fungi. - Comparison of chitin fibril structure and assembly in three unicellular organisms. - Polygalactosamine produced by a microorganism. - Section III Chitin Synthesis Inhibition. - Benzoylaryl ureas insecticides: compounds interfering with chitin synthesis. - Inhibition of chitin synthesis in insect systems. - Chitin biosynthesis in insects and its disruption as a means of pest control. - Comparative effects of benzoylaryl ureas on insects. - Biosynthesis of chitin by insect epidermal cells: effect of benzoyl phenyl ureas. - Effect of diflubenzuron on the cuticle of crab larvae. - Toxicity of diflubenzuron to non-target organisms. - Chitin inhibitors in pest management in India. - Mode of inhibition of chitin synthesis by diflubenzuron. - New synthetic polyoxin analogs for chitin synthesis inhibition. - Nikkomycin Z as inhibitor of Candida albicans growth. - Section IV Molecular Recognition and Biodegradation. - Chitosan both activates genes in plants and inhibits RNA synthesis in fungi. - Chitosan and other polyamines: antifungal activity and interaction with biological membranes. - Chitinase a defense of higher plant against pathogens. - Plant chitinases and lysozymes. - The role of chitinases and chitin syntase inhibitors in controlling plant pathogenic fungi. - Chitinase activities in animals fungi and bacteria. - Chitin deacetylases in invertebrates. - Recognition of human erythrocytes by a chitin-binding lectin of a fungus Conidiobolus lamprauges. - Section V Chemistry of Chitin. - Dry chitosan salts and complexes of aliphatic carboxyl acids. - Chemical modifications of chitin and chitosan. - Chemically modified chitosans. - The chelating ability of aminoacid glucans and sugar acid chitosans. - Ionic interactions between chitosan and oxidised cellulose. - Chitin and chitosan solutions. - Synthesis of oligosaccharides representing the chitobiosyl link in glycoproteins. - Stable isotopic studies on chitin measurements on chitin/chitosan isolates and D-glucosamine hydrochloride from chitin. - Characterization of chitin derivatives by pyrolysis-gas chromatography. - Synthesis and physico-chemical properties of the polyampholyte chitosan 6-sulfate. - Small angle x-ray scattering study of chitosan 6-sulfate in water. - The determination of the degree of acetylation of chitosans by spectrophotometry. - Filmogenic properties of chitin/chitosan. - Physical modifications of chitin and chitosan. - Whole cells and enzymes immobilized on chitosan. - Section VI Medical Uses of Chitin. - Chitosan effect in vascular surgery tissue culture and tissue regeneration. - Evaluation of chitosan as a new hemostatic agent: in vitro and in vivo experiments. - Inhibitory action of sulfated chitin derivatives on the hydrolytic activity of thrombin. - Sulfated derivatives of chitosan and their characterization with respect to biological activity. - Sulfated N-carboxymethyl chitosans as blood anticoagulants. - Immunological activity of chitin derivatives. - Immunopotentiating effect of N-acetyl-chito-oligosaccharides. - Adhesion properties of mouse spleen lymphocytes on chitin and its derivatives. - Biomedical evaluation of acylated chitins as coating materials. - Chitosan in dentistry. - Section VII Chitin Ecology. - Chitin production by animals and natural communities in marine environment. - Chitin diagenesis in deep-water sediments. - Anaerobic decomposition of chitin in fresh water sediments. - Chitinolytic communities from an anaerobic estuarine environment. - Chitin degradation in natural environment (Mollusk shells and crab carapaces). - Chitosan as a tool for the purification of waters. - Author Index. - Organism Index. Language: English