Characterization of chitin and chitosan extracted from shrimp shells by two methods

ABSTRACT:Shrimp shells from Penaeus Vannamei species were hydrolyzed for chitin extraction by a chemical and a papain enzymatic method. Composition of shells was analyzed and their microstructure was characterized before and after hydrolysis by microscopy. Chitin fibers arrangement in the tissue was...

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Autores:

Gartner Vargas, Carmiña
Peláez Jaramillo, Carlos Alberto
López Osorio, Betty Lucy

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2010

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/30854

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/10495/30854
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/epoly.2010.10.1.748/html

Palabra clave:

Quitina
Chitin
Hidrólisis
Hydrolysis
Papaína
Papain
Shell microstructure

Rights

openAccess

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/co/