Extraction and physicochemical characterization of chitin and chitosan from Zophobas morio larvae in varying sodium hydroxide concentration

• Main Authors: Soon, Chu Yong, Tee, Yee Bond, Tan, Choon Hui, Abdul Talib, Rosnita, Abdan, Khalina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72691/1/Extraction%20and%20physicochemical%20characterization%20of%20chitin%20and%20chitosan%20from%20Zophobas%20morio%20larvae%20in%20varying%20sodium%20hydroxide%20concentration.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72691/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0141813017327630

Large amount of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is consumed to remove the protein content in chitin biomass during deproteinization. However, excessive NaOH concentration used might lead to the reduction of cost effectiveness during chitin extraction. Hence, the present study aimed to extract and evaluate t...