A surname from Italian.

(biochemistry) 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.

Made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin.

Resembling chitin or some aspect of it.

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin.

Of or pertaining to chitinolysis

(biochemistry) The enzymatic hydrolysis of chitin into chitobiose

The process of becoming chitinous.

plural of chitinization

plural of chitinase