Chitosan Extraction from Goliathus orientalis Moser, 1909: Characterization and Comparison with Commercially Available Chitosan
Open Access
- 26 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Biomimetics
- Vol. 5 (2), 15
- https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics5020015
Abstract
Chitosan is a polymer obtained by deacetylation of chitin, and chitin is one of the major components of the arthropod cuticle. Chitin and chitosan are both polysaccharides and are considered to be an interesting class of biosourced materials. This is evident as chitosan has already demonstrated utility in various applications in both industrial and biomedical domains. In the present work, we study the possibility to extract chitin and prepare chitosan from the Goliath beetle Goliathus orientalis Moser. The presented work includes description of this process and observation of the macroscopic and microscopic variations that occur in the specimen during the treatment. The prepared chitosan is characterized and compared with commercially available chitosan using infrared and thermogravimetric analysis. The deacetylation degree of prepared chitosan is also evaluated and compared with commercially available shrimp chitosan.Keywords
Funding Information
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-15-IDEX-01)
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