Chitin is one of the most abundant natural polysaccharide on earth. Different crustaceans, molluses, marine diatoms, insects, algae, fungi and yeast synthesize it. According to the amount of chitin produced annually over the world, it is second abundant polymer next to cellulose. Recent investigations confirm the suitability of chitin and its derivatives in chemistry, biotechnology, medicine, and food processing, environmental protection and also used as a safe excipient in drug delivery formulations. Our present study focused that on the isolate the prawn shell waste and conversion to...

It has long been known that the uptake of high fat content & their deposition leads to atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is referred to as a silent killer, is one of the leading causes of death in the developed countries. The treatment of hyper lipidamia is considered. To be one of the major approaches towards decelerating the atherogenic process. Recently herbal hypolidemia has gained importance to fill the lunac created by allopathic drugs. The results of various studies have revealed that feeding of atherogenic diet leads to increased serum total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and decreased...