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Extraction and Characterization of α-Chitin and Chitosan from Six Different Aquatic Invertebrates

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Chitin and chitosan were extracted from six different aquatic invertebrate species. Species dry weights varied between 5 % and 20 % chitin, and the chitosan productivity of these chitins varied between 66 % and 74 %. Chitin and chitosan structures were characterized by FTIR, TGA, XRD, and SEM. FTIR results showed that the chitins obtained from the organisms were observed in α form. Chitin thermal stabilities were in the order Ranatra linearis > Anax imperator > Hydrophilus piceus > Notonecta glauca > Agabus bipustulatus > Asellus aquaticus, and chitosan thermal stabilities in the order N. glauca > A. bipustulatus > A. imperator > R. linearis > H. piceus > A. aquaticus. The crystalline index values of chitins varied between 76.4 % and 90.6 %. Their surface morphology was examined by SEM, revealing nanofibre structures. These six aquatic invertebrate species with characterized chitin and chitosan structures may be used as alternative chitin and chitosan sources for various technological purposes.

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We thank M.C. Darılmaz and A. Salur for their assistance in identifying species.

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  1. Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, 68100, Aksaray, Turkey

    Murat Kaya

  2. Science and Technology Application and Research Center, Aksaray University, 68100, Aksaray, Turkey

    Murat Kaya, Talat Baran, Ayfer Mentes & Kabil Ozcan Tozak

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey

    Talat Baran, Ayfer Mentes & Kabil Ozcan Tozak

  4. Ministry of Health, 06100, Sihhiye/Ankara, Turkey

    Muammer Asaroglu

  5. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science-Literature, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    Goksal Sezen

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Kaya, M., Baran, T., Mentes, A. et al. Extraction and Characterization of α-Chitin and Chitosan from Six Different Aquatic Invertebrates. Food Biophysics 9, 145–157 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11483-013-9327-y

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