Crabs Marine Waste—A Valuable Source of Chitosan: Tuning Chitosan Properties by Chitin Extraction Optimization

Chitin extraction from crab shells was studied experimentally and optimized aiming to obtain chitosan with predefined deacetylation degree and molecular mass. To find out the optimum operating conditions that ensure the obtaining of a chitosan with highest deacetylation degree and specific molecular...

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Vydáno v:Polymers Ročník 14; číslo 21; s. 4492
Hlavní autoři: Gîjiu, Cristiana Luminița, Isopescu, Raluca, Dinculescu, Daniel, Memecică, Maria, Apetroaei, Manuela-Rossemary, Anton, Mirela, Schröder, Verginica, Rău, Ileana
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Basel MDPI AG 24.10.2022
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ISSN:2073-4360, 2073-4360
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Shrnutí:Chitin extraction from crab shells was studied experimentally and optimized aiming to obtain chitosan with predefined deacetylation degree and molecular mass. To find out the optimum operating conditions that ensure the obtaining of a chitosan with highest deacetylation degree and specific molecular mass four parameters were varied: the concentration of NaOH and the temperature for deproteinization step, respectively HCl concentration and the number of acidic treatments for the demineralization stage. The experiment was carried on following Taguchi orthogonal array L9, and the best combination of factors was found using the desirability function approach. The optimization results showed that 5% NaOH concentration and low temperatures lead to a chitosan with high deacetylation degree. High molecular mass chitosan is obtained when a single step acidic treatment is used, while a chitosan with low molar mass is obtained for multiple acid contacts and higher HCl concentration.
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DOI:10.3390/polym14214492