Extraction and physicochemical characterization of chitin and chitosan isolated from house cricket

• Main Authors: Ibitoye, E. B., Idris, Lokman Hakim, Mohd Noor, Mohd Hezmee, Goh, Yong Meng, Abu Bakar @ Zakaria, Md Zuki, Jimoh, A. A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72690/1/Extraction%20and%20physicochemical%20characterization%20of%20chitin%20and%20chitosan%20isolated%20from%20house%20cricket.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72690/; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-605X/aa9dde
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Chitin ranks next to cellulose as the most important bio-polysaccharide which can primarily be extracted from crustacean shells. However, the emergence of new areas of the application of chitin and its derivatives are on the increase and there is growing demand for new chitin sources. In this study,...