Extraction of chitin from edible crab shells of Callinectes sapidus and comparison with market purchased chitin
Abstract Chitin and its derived products have immense economic value due to their vital role in various biological activities as well as biomedical and industrial application. Insects, microorganism and crustaceans are the main supply of chitin but the crustaceans shell like shrimp, krill, lobsters...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
2021-08-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842023000100184&tlng=en |