chitin

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans.

   “Chitin usually occurs throughout Invertebrates in the form of an investment to the outermost cellular layer or ectoderm.”