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Chitin Extraction from Spider Waste Cuticle

Type of publication
Tezės kitame recenzuojamame leidinyje / Theses in other peer-reviewed publication (T1e)
Author(s)
AuthorAffiliation
Mulerčikas, Povilas
Žemės ūkio akademija / Agriculture Academy
LT
Title
Chitin Extraction from Spider Waste Cuticle
[en]
Is part of
The vital nature sign [elektroninis išteklius] : 10th international scientific conference, May 19-20, 2016 Vilnius, Lithuania : abstract book. Kaunas : Vytautas Magnus university, 2016, [no. 10]
Date Issued
Date
2016
Publisher
Kaunas : Vytautas Magnus university
Extent
p. 90-90
URI
URI
http://vns.microsep.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/vns2016VK.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12259/90434
Field of Science
Keywords (en)
Abstract (en)

After the molting process, the exoskeletons of spiders remain as a waste material. Here in this study it was tried to obtain chitin from these kinds of waste materials. Chitin is known as a biopolymer with its nontoxic, biodegradable and biocompatible nature. Thanks to these useful properties, it has large set of applications in medical, pharmacy, agriculture, textile, food and feed industries. In the present study, chitin was isolated from spider (Poecilotheria regalis) waste cuticle through chemical method (demineralization, deproteinization and decolorization). This isolated chitin was analyzed by FTIR and it was determined that the chitin is in alpha form. SEM analysis revealed that the obtained chitin was consisted of both fibers and rare pores. The chitin content was recorded as around 12% on dry basis.

Type of document
type::text::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper
Language
Anglų / English (en)
Coverage Spatial
Lietuva / Lithuania (LT)
ISSN (of the container)
2335-8653
Other Identifier(s)
VDU02-000052024