Volume 46
Recuperación de Quitina de Langosta
Authors
Zavala, A.; Camarena Luhrs, T. Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: 2005
Pages: 136-141
Event: Proceedings of the Forty-Sixth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Fort Pierce, Florida
Country: USA
Abstract
We used four different methods to obtain chitin from lobster Panulirus argos. With Muzzarelli's method we got an optimum yield of 18 percent dry weight chitin of the best quality. Using any one of the methods we obtained an average of 8.75 percent. ; Chitin was submitted to a solubility test and an analysis for the total content of ashes and nitrogen, obtaining some recommended values for its production.