Beating shoe smells with crab shells

Posted On: September 19, 2012

Portuguese researchers are working to make anti-microbial shoes by treating leather with a modified chemical from crab shells. Chitosan is a linear polysaccharide made from the deacylation of chitin, the structural component that makes up the shells of various crustaceans. In fact, chitin is the second most common dietary fibre after cellulose; however, it’s chitosan’s anti-microbial properties that are being exploited by Joana Amaral and colleagues at the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar.

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