Extraction of chitin from prawn shells and conversion to low molecular mass chitosan

Food Hydrocolloids

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-171

  Mohammed, Musarrat H ^a   Williams, Peter A ^a   Tverezovskaya, Olga ^b  

^a GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chitin; Chitosan; FTIR; Gel Permeation Chromatography; Molecular mass distribution; NMR; Prawn shells

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ACETYLATION; CHITOSAN; EXTRACTION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SHELLFISH; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; DEGREE OF DEACETYLATION; FTIR; GEL-PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH MOLECULAR MASS; LOW MOLECULAR MASS; MOLECULAR MASS DISTRIBUTIONS; PRAWN SHELLS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTIONS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84872389721     PISSN: 0268005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2012.10.021     Document Type: Article

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