Extraction and Physicochemical Characterization of Chitin from <i>Cicada</i> <i>orni</i> Sloughs of the South-Eastern French Mediterranean Basin

Chitin is a structural polysaccharide of the cell walls of fungi and exoskeletons of insects and crustaceans. In this study, chitin was extracted, for the first time in our knowledge, from the <i>Cicada</i> <i>orni</i> sloughs of the south-eastern French Mediterranean basin b...

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Main Authors: Aurelia Poerio, Chloé Petit, Jean-Philippe Jehl, Elmira Arab-Tehrany, João F. Mano, Franck Cleymand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/11/2543