Che Engku Noramalina Che Engku Chik¹, Amyra Suryatie Kamaruzzan¹, Ahmad Ideris Abdul Rahim¹, Fathurrahman Lananan^2,3, Azizah Endut⁴, Siti Aslamyah⁵, Nor Azman Kasan^1,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.11, No.3, pp. 1181-1197, 2023, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2023.022755 - 31 October 2022

Abstract Chitin is the second most abundant polysaccharide, produced mainly as an industrial waste stream during crustacean processing. Chitin can be derived into chitosan through the deacetylation process. Conversion of shrimp waste into chitosan via the deacetylation process could be considered a practical approach for shell waste remediation. In this study, chitosan’s physicochemical characteristics extracted from two types of Pacific white leg shrimp, L. vannamei’s shell (i.e., rough and smooth), were compared with commercial chitosan. The yield, moisture, ash, solubility, water and fat binding capacity were measured. The degree of deacetylation (DDA) was calculated using FTIR, and… More > Graphic Abstract

S.R. MANE^1,2, E. K. PATHAN³, G. PATIL⁴, S. G. TUPE⁵, V. GHORMADE⁴, B. P. CHAUDHARI^1,2, M.V. DESHPANDE^5,*

Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 219-230, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.4

Abstract A dimorphic fungus Benjaminiella poitrasii contains high chitin/chitosan (35% of the cell wall) in the mycelial (M) form than its yeast (Y) form (20% of the cell wall). However, the relative proportion of chitosan is more in yeast form cells (chitosan: chitin ratio, 6:1) than mycelial cells (chitosan: chitin ratio, 3:1). Using the Taguchi design of experimental (DOE) approach, interactions among eight different parameters showed that carbon source (starch, 10 g/L), incubation time (48 h), inoculum (M and Y mixed 10%), yeast extract (6 g/L) and peptone (10 g/L), were optimum for maximum biomass production.… More >