Extraction of chitin from chitosan from exoskeleton of shrimp for application in the pharmaceutical industry

Authors

  • Yateendra Shanmukha Puvvada Bapatla College of Pharmacy, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh
  • Saikishore Vankayalapati Associate Professor, Bapatla College of Pharmacy, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh
  • Sudheshnababu Sukhavasi Bapatla College of Pharmacy, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/icpj.v1i9.11616

Keywords:

Chitin, extraction, purification, characterisation, pharmaceutical grade chitosan

Abstract

Chitosan is an amino polysaccharide prepared by processing shrimp waste (shell) which involves partial deacetylation of chitin. Chitosan, a versatile natural polysaccharide, the second most abundant natural polymer. Many biochemists have found that chitosan as biocompatible, biodegradable and non toxic which made wide applicability in conventional pharmaceutics as a potential formulation excipient. In this research mainly the focused on the synthesis of chitosan which is suitable for the pharmaceutical industry especially in the designing delayed and controlled drug delivery systems. The main study focused on preparation low molecular weight of the chitosan suitable for pharmaceutical industry. The crude chitin was collected from exoskeleton of Triopslongicaudatus and Triopscancriformis specimens which are then processed to obtain chitosan. The chitosan yield was found to be 35.49% and it was analyzed for its physiochemical parameters.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/icpj.v1i9.11616

International Current Pharmaceutical Journal 2012, 1(9): 258-263

 

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Published

2012-08-04

How to Cite

Puvvada, Y. S., Vankayalapati, S., & Sukhavasi, S. (2012). Extraction of chitin from chitosan from exoskeleton of shrimp for application in the pharmaceutical industry. International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, 1(9), 258–263. https://doi.org/10.3329/icpj.v1i9.11616

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Vol. 1 No. 9 (2012)

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