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| Field | Value |
| Title | Utilisation of prawn waste: Isolation of chitin and its conversion to chitosan |
| Names |
Madhavan, P.
Ramachandran, K.G. |
| Date Issued | 1974 (iso8601) |
| Abstract | A process is described for the preparation of chitosan from prawn waste. The process involves extraction of protein using 0.5% sodium hydroxide solution, bleaching the protein free mass with bleach liquor containing 0.3-0.5% available chlorine followed by demineralisation with 1.25 N hydrochloric acid in the cold and deacetyiation using 1:1 (w/w) sodium hydroxide solution at 100°C for 2 hours. |
| Genre | Article |
| Identifier | Fish Technol.11(1):50-53 |