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Environmental Technology Research Network
in the Asia-Pacific Region

DB for Research Project
Category(1) : Ocean
Category(2) : Source inventory


  1. Project Name
  2. Duration
  3. Research Catagory 1
  4. Research Catagory 2
  5. Research Field
  6. Researchers
  7. Affiliation 1
  8. Affiliation 2
  9. Address
  10. Country
  11. Phone
  12. Fax
  13. Project Summary
  14. Publications
  15. International Joint Study with

Shikoku National Industrial Research Institute(SNIRI), Japan

  1. Formation of biodegradable plastics from natural macromolecules
  2. 1993-1996
  3. ocean,global change,wastes
  4. reaction mechanism,source inventory
  5. chemistry,biology
  6. Jun HOSOKAWA,takahiro HIROTSU,Masashi NISHIYAMA,Hiroshi KABEYA,Kazutosi YOSHIHARA,Takamasa KUBO,Takashi ENDO,Ryouichi KITAGAWA
  7. Biological Material Div,Marine Resources Dept,SNIRI,AIST,MITI
  8. 2217-14,Hayashi-cho,Takamatsu,Kagawa 761-03
  9. Japan
  10. 81-878-69-3511
  11. 81-878-69-3553
  12. Theme of this study is to investigate novel biodegradable plastics from natural polymers (cellulose,chitosan,etc.) a little modified. The material has functions as physiological activity, other than biodegradability.
  13. 1)Jun Hosokawa et.al.,Biodegradable Film Derived from Chitosan and Homogenized Cellulose,Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research,29,880-805,1990.
    2)Jun Hosokawa et.al.,Reaction between Chitosan and Cellulose on Biodegradable Composite Film Formation,Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research,30,788-792,1991.
    3)Ryouichi Kitagawa et.al.,New Application of Cellulose and Chitosan for Biodegradable Polymer Material,Proc. 3rd Int. Sci. Workshop on Biodegradable Plastics and Polymers,Osaka,Japan,Eds. Y.Doi & K.Fukuda,Elsevier,Amsterdam,451-458,1994.