Physico-Chemical Characteristics and Functional Properties of Chitin and Chitosan Produced by Mucor circinelloides Using Yam Bean as Substrate

Physico-Chemical Characteristics and Functional Properties of Chitin and Chitosan Produced by Mucor circinelloides Using Yam Bean as Substrate

Microbiological processes were used for chitin and chitosan production by Mucor circinelloides (UCP 050) grown in yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus L. Urban) medium. The polysaccharides were extracted by alkali–acid treatment and structural investigations by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform IR analys...

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Main Authors: Marta C. Freitas da Silva, Tânia L.M. Stamford, Galba M. Campos-Takaki, Petrus D´Amorim Santa-Cruz, Ana Elizabeth C. Fai, Thayza C.M. Stamford, Thatiana M. Stamford-Arnaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-08-01
Series:Molecules
Subjects:
biopolymers
Mucor circinelloides
crystallographic properties
deacetylation
thermal analysis
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/16/8/7143/

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