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Proximate composition of raw crustacean shell waste, chitin, and chitosan

Proximate composition of raw crustacean shell waste, chitin, and chitosan

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The crustacean processing industry generates a huge quantity of by-products that can be utilized as a key source of chitin, chitosan, oligochitosan, and other functional marine-biopolymer. The present study uses crustacean shell waste to extract chitin and chitosan. Chitin and chitosan extraction was executed through chemical processes by comprisin...