Analysis of Chitin, Chitosan, and Optimization for Carotenoids Extraction Yield with Rice Bran Oil from Thai Fairy Shrimp

• Main Authors: Tanyarat Poothawan, Khomsorn Lomthaisong
• Language: English
• Published: Science Faculty of Chiang Mai University 2019
• Subjects: fairy shrimp; chitin; chitosan; carotenoids; optimization and response surface methodology
• Online Access: http://it.science.cmu.ac.th/ejournal/dl.php?journal_id=6246; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/66159
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

This work was aimed to analysis chitin and chitosan in Thai fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus sirindhornae Sanoamuang, Murugan, Weekers and Dumont, 2000), and to optimize carotenoids extraction yield with vegetable oil using response surface methodology. Chitin was extracted from frozen fairy shrimp thr...