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Extraction and Characterization of Chitin from the Beetle Holotrichia parallela Motschulsky
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Insect chitin was isolated from adult Holotrichia parallela by treatment with 1 M HCl and 1 M NaOH, following by 1% potassium permanganate solution for decolorization. The yield of chitin from this species is 15%. This insect chitin was compared with the commercial a-chitin from shrimp, by infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and elemental analysis. Both chitins exhibited similar chemical structures and physicochemical properties. Adult H. parallela is thus a promising alternative source of chitin.
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- Liu, S., Sun, J., Yu, L., Zhang, C., Bi, J., Zhu, F., Qu, M., Jiang, C., & Yang, Q.
- Venue
- Molecules
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
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- 2012-04-17
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- 17
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 4604-4611
- ISSN
- 1420-3049 (ISSN-L)
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- W2120498602
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- 4.81
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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