Extraction and Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan from Blue Crab and Synthesis of Chitosan Cryogel Scaffolds

Volume: 3 Number: 3 January 8, 2017
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Extraction and Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan from Blue Crab and Synthesis of Chitosan Cryogel Scaffolds

Abstract

Polymeric scaffolds produced by cryogelation technique have attracted increasing attention for tissue engineering applications. Cryogelation is a technique which enables to produce interconnected porous matrices from the frozen reaction mixtures of polymers or monomeric precursors. Chitosan is a biocompatible, biodegradable, nontoxic, antibacterial, antioxidant and antifungal natural polymer that is obtained by deacetylation of chitin, which is mostly found in the exoskeleton of many crustacean. In this study, chitin was isolated from the exoskeleton of blue crap (Callinectes sapidus) using a chemical method. Callinectes sapidus samples were collected from a market, as a waste material after it has been consumed as food. Demineralization, deproteinization and decolorization steps were applied to the samples to obtain chitin. Chitosan was prepared from isolated chitin by deacetylation at high temperatures. The chemical compositon of crab shell, extracted chitin and chitosan were characterized with FTIR analyses. And also to determine the physicochemical and functional properties of the produced chitosan; solubility, water binding and fat binding analysis were performed. Chitosan cryogel scaffolds were prepared by crosslinking reaction at cryogenic conditions at constant amount of chitosan (1%, w/v) with different ratios of glutaraldehyde (1, 3, and 6%, v/v) as crosslinker. The chemical structure of the scaffolds were examined by FTIR. Also, the water uptake capacity of scaffolds have been determined. Collectively, the results suggested that the characterized chitosan cryogels can be potential scaffolds to be used in tissue engineering applications.

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January 8, 2017

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July 4, 2016

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Year 2016 Volume: 3 Number: 3

APA
Bölgen, N., Demir, D., Öfkeli, F., & Ceylan, S. (2017). Extraction and Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan from Blue Crab and Synthesis of Chitosan Cryogel Scaffolds. Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A: Chemistry, 3(3), 131-144. https://doi.org/10.18596/jotcsa.00634
AMA
1.Bölgen N, Demir D, Öfkeli F, Ceylan S. Extraction and Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan from Blue Crab and Synthesis of Chitosan Cryogel Scaffolds. JOTCSA. 2017;3(3):131-144. doi:10.18596/jotcsa.00634
Chicago
Bölgen, Nimet, Didem Demir, Fatma Öfkeli, and Seda Ceylan. 2017. “Extraction and Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan from Blue Crab and Synthesis of Chitosan Cryogel Scaffolds”. Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A: Chemistry 3 (3): 131-44. https://doi.org/10.18596/jotcsa.00634.
EndNote
Bölgen N, Demir D, Öfkeli F, Ceylan S (January 1, 2017) Extraction and Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan from Blue Crab and Synthesis of Chitosan Cryogel Scaffolds. Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A: Chemistry 3 3 131–144.
IEEE
[1]N. Bölgen, D. Demir, F. Öfkeli, and S. Ceylan, “Extraction and Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan from Blue Crab and Synthesis of Chitosan Cryogel Scaffolds”, JOTCSA, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 131–144, Jan. 2017, doi: 10.18596/jotcsa.00634.
ISNAD
Bölgen, Nimet - Demir, Didem - Öfkeli, Fatma - Ceylan, Seda. “Extraction and Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan from Blue Crab and Synthesis of Chitosan Cryogel Scaffolds”. Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A: Chemistry 3/3 (January 1, 2017): 131-144. https://doi.org/10.18596/jotcsa.00634.
JAMA
1.Bölgen N, Demir D, Öfkeli F, Ceylan S. Extraction and Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan from Blue Crab and Synthesis of Chitosan Cryogel Scaffolds. JOTCSA. 2017;3:131–144.
MLA
Bölgen, Nimet, et al. “Extraction and Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan from Blue Crab and Synthesis of Chitosan Cryogel Scaffolds”. Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A: Chemistry, vol. 3, no. 3, Jan. 2017, pp. 131-44, doi:10.18596/jotcsa.00634.
Vancouver
1.Nimet Bölgen, Didem Demir, Fatma Öfkeli, Seda Ceylan. Extraction and Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan from Blue Crab and Synthesis of Chitosan Cryogel Scaffolds. JOTCSA. 2017 Jan. 1;3(3):131-44. doi:10.18596/jotcsa.00634

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