Physicochemical comparison of chitin and chitosan obtained from two mushroom species (Boletus bovinus and Laccaria laccata).
Автор(и)
A. Oberemko
Vytautas Magnus University, Department of Biology, Vileikos 8, 44248, Kaunas, Lithuania
A. M. Salaberria
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Department of Chemical and Environmental
Engineering, Biorefinery Processes Research Group, Plaza Europa 1, 20018 Donostia-San
Sebastian, Spain
V. Baublys
Vytautas Magnus University, Department of Biology, Vileikos 8, 44248, Kaunas, Lithuania
J. Labidi
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Department of Chemical and Environmental
Engineering, Biorefinery Processes Research Group, Plaza Europa 1, 20018 Donostia-San
Sebastian, Spain
Анотація
Chitin is the second most plenteous polysaccharide in nature after cellulose, present as supporting material in exoskeletons of insects, crustacean shells and in the cell wall of mushrooms. The lack of solubility of chitin makes it necessary to modify the molecule for most of its applications. It is known that chitins and chitosans from different sources exhibit different physicochemical properties and these different properties expand the application area of these biomaterials. The aim of present study was to determine and to compare physicochemical properties of chitin and chitosan from two mushroom species (Boletus bovinus and Laccaria laccata).
