ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CHITIN FROM SHELLS OF THE FRESHWATER CRAB POTAMON ALGERIENSE

• Authors: Soufiane Fadlaoui , Ouahid El Asri , Lakrat Mohammed , Addou Sihame , Abdelouadoud Omari , Mohammed Melhaoui
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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This work presents, for the first time, the extraction and characterization of chitin from the shell of the freshwater crab species Potamon algeriense with a standardized and revised chemical method. Chitin and chitosan were isolated following demineralization, deproteinization, decolouration (raw chitin), and deacetylation (chitosan). After boiling, drying, and grinding, 62.12% of the ground shell was obtained. A yield of 40.92% was obtained after demineralization of ground crab shell, while after the deproteinization process 8.74% was obtained. After decolourization, 8.27% of raw chitin was obtained, and the final amount of chitosan extracted from the crab shells was approximately 5.89%. We also characterized the isolated chitin by determining its physicochemical properties using X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA).

Keywords

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Chitin; Potamon algeriense; chitosan; deacetylation; freshwater crab

Discipline

• BIOTECHNOLOGY: BIOTECHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz - Polskie Towarzystwo Chitynowe
• Journal: Progress on Chemistry and Application of Chitin and its Derivatives
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 24
• Pages: 23 - 35

Contributors

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Soufiane Fadlaoui

• 1Laboratory of Water, Environment, and Sustainable Development, Mohamed First University

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Ouahid El Asri

• Biochemistry and Biotechnology Laboratory, Mohamed First University,

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Lakrat Mohammed

• Laboratory of mineral solid and analytical chemistry, Mohamed First University,

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Addou Sihame

• Laboratory of Physics of Matter and Radiation, Mohamed First University,

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Abdelouadoud Omari

• Laboratory of Water, Environment, and Sustainable Development, Mohamed First University,

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Mohammed Melhaoui

• Laboratory of Water, Environment, and Sustainable Development, Mohamed First University,

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