sitin

Turkish - English

Definition of sitin in Turkish English dictionary: chitin; {i} horny material covering the bodies of arthropods; The dense substance forming the indigestible outer skeleton of insects, and the material from which the walls of the mycelia are made; Poly(N-Acetylglucosamine); a complex polysaccharide molecule found in walls of fungi and exoskeletons of shrimps and crabs; White, horny substance found in the external skeleton of crabs, lobsters, and many insects; in internal structures of some other invertebrates; and in some fungi, algae, and yeasts. It is a polysaccharide, the monomer unit being glucosamine. It is used industrially in purifying wastewater, thickening and stabilizing foods and pharmaceuticals, and sizing and strengthening paper, and as a wound-healing agent, an ion-exchange resin, a membrane for industrial separations, and a binder for dyes, fabrics, and adhesives; a polysaccharide, the principal constituent of shells of arthropods and shards of beetles, and found in certain fungi; A nitrogenous polysaccharide found in the exoskeleton of the tarantula; A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrates; entomolin; The organic constituent of cuticle forming the external "shell" of anthropods; a carbohydrate that contains nitrogen; Specialised protein found in hard skin; 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; a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi; A structural polysaccharide of an amino sugar found in many fungi and in the exoskeletons of all Arthropods