Extraction, characterization and conversion of chitin to chitosan in Basidiomycetes Phellinus igniarius and Coriolopsis trogii | ||
Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences | ||
Article 4, Volume 56, Issue 7, July 2025, Pages 1413-1418 PDF (1.17 M) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/ejvs.2024.278668.1951 | ||
Authors | ||
Maha Ebrahim Irzoqy* 1; Amjad Abdul-Hadi Mohammed2 | ||
1Ministry of Education , Mosul, Iraq & Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq | ||
2Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq | ||
Abstract | ||
Chitin's low degradability and insolubility in several common solvents limit its use in food systems. Therefore, it was deacetylated to produce chitosan, a multifunctional biopolymer. Mushrooms are macro fungi that contain a large amounts of chitin. this study successed in chitin extracted from Phellinus igniarius and Coriolopsis trogii (basidomycetes fungi type) and its yield were 15.43 and 11.37%, this chitin was convert to chitosan by the process of deacetylation with yield were 24.73 and 22.51% respectively. Characterization of chitosan by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), where the bands associated with the stretching and vibration of O-H, N-H, and CO bonds were apparent in the FTIR patterns. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) images appered validated the chitosan's purity. Characterization of chitosan by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), where the bands associated with the stretching and vibration of O-H, N-H, and CO bonds were apparent in the FTIR patterns. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) images appered validated the chitosan's purity. | ||
Keywords | ||
chitin; chitosan; basidiomycetes; Phellinus igniarius; Coriolopsis trogii | ||
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