Comparative studies on physicochemical characterisation, antioxidant and antibacterial activity of chitosan extracted from Scylla paramamosain and Penaeus monodon shells

• Main Authors: Wan Roslina Wan Yusof,, Muhd Amir Asyraf Noh,, Nor Aimuni Abd Aziz,, Noorasmin Mokhtar Ahmad,, Awang Ahmad Sallehin Awang Husaini,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19352/1/48_05_05.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19352/; https://jms.mabjournal.com/index.php/mab/issue/view/8

Marine shells are commonly discarded as waste. However, they could be used to extract a multi versatile polymer, chitosan. As one of the marine by-products, chitosan can be found in the exoskeleton of crustaceans via the deacetylation process of chitin. This project aimed to investigate and compar...