Biotechnological processes for chitin recovery out of crustacean waste: A mini-review

Autores
Gortari, María Cecilia; Hours, Roque Alberto
Año de publicación
2013
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Background: Chitin is an important natural resource. The annual worldwide production is estimated in approximately 1010-1012 ton. It is produced by arthropods (insects and crustaceans), molluscs and fungi. Its main biological function is structural. Crustacean shells are the most important chitin source for commercial use due to its high content and ready availability. Chitin and its derivatives have great economical value because of their numerous applications: food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, textile industries, waste water treatment and agriculture. In nature, chitin is closely associated with proteins, minerals, lipid and pigments, which have to be removed. Results: Several techniques to extract chitin from different sources have been reported. The most common method for recovery of chitin from crustacean shells is the chemical procedure. It involves two mayor steps: elimination of inorganic matter (demineralization) and extraction of protein matter (deproteination) using strong acids and bases. However, these processes may cause depolymerization affecting the polymer properties such as molecular weight, viscosity and degree of acetylation. In addition, the chemical purification of chitin is hazardous, energy consuming and threatening to the environment. As an alternative to the chemical process, different biological processes have been investigated: microbiological fermentation and methodologies using enzymatic crude extracts or isolated enzymes. Conclusions: The results reported are extremely variable; however, they offer new perspectives for the production of chitin with the concomitant reduction of the environmental impact.
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Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales
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Ciencias Exactas
Biological extraction
Chitin production
Crustacean waste
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spelling Biotechnological processes for chitin recovery out of crustacean waste: A mini-reviewGortari, María CeciliaHours, Roque AlbertoCiencias ExactasBiological extractionChitin productionCrustacean wasteBackground: Chitin is an important natural resource. The annual worldwide production is estimated in approximately 10<SUP>10</SUP>-10<SUP>12</SUP> ton. It is produced by arthropods (insects and crustaceans), molluscs and fungi. Its main biological function is structural. Crustacean shells are the most important chitin source for commercial use due to its high content and ready availability. Chitin and its derivatives have great economical value because of their numerous applications: food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, textile industries, waste water treatment and agriculture. In nature, chitin is closely associated with proteins, minerals, lipid and pigments, which have to be removed. Results: Several techniques to extract chitin from different sources have been reported. The most common method for recovery of chitin from crustacean shells is the chemical procedure. It involves two mayor steps: elimination of inorganic matter (demineralization) and extraction of protein matter (deproteination) using strong acids and bases. However, these processes may cause depolymerization affecting the polymer properties such as molecular weight, viscosity and degree of acetylation. In addition, the chemical purification of chitin is hazardous, energy consuming and threatening to the environment. As an alternative to the chemical process, different biological processes have been investigated: microbiological fermentation and methodologies using enzymatic crude extracts or isolated enzymes. Conclusions: The results reported are extremely variable; however, they offer new perspectives for the production of chitin with the concomitant reduction of the environmental impact.Facultad de Ciencias ExactasCentro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales2013info:eu-repo/semantics/reviewinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionRevisionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcinfo:ar-repo/semantics/resenaArticuloapplication/pdfhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85529enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0717-3458info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.2225/vol16-issue3-fulltext-10info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:16:30Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/85529Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:16:31.007SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Biotechnological processes for chitin recovery out of crustacean waste: A mini-review
title Biotechnological processes for chitin recovery out of crustacean waste: A mini-review
spellingShingle Biotechnological processes for chitin recovery out of crustacean waste: A mini-review
Gortari, María Cecilia
Ciencias Exactas
Biological extraction
Chitin production
Crustacean waste
title_short Biotechnological processes for chitin recovery out of crustacean waste: A mini-review
title_full Biotechnological processes for chitin recovery out of crustacean waste: A mini-review
title_fullStr Biotechnological processes for chitin recovery out of crustacean waste: A mini-review
title_full_unstemmed Biotechnological processes for chitin recovery out of crustacean waste: A mini-review
title_sort Biotechnological processes for chitin recovery out of crustacean waste: A mini-review
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gortari, María Cecilia
Hours, Roque Alberto
author Gortari, María Cecilia
author_facet Gortari, María Cecilia
Hours, Roque Alberto
author_role author
author2 Hours, Roque Alberto
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Exactas
Biological extraction
Chitin production
Crustacean waste
topic Ciencias Exactas
Biological extraction
Chitin production
Crustacean waste
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Background: Chitin is an important natural resource. The annual worldwide production is estimated in approximately 10<SUP>10</SUP>-10<SUP>12</SUP> ton. It is produced by arthropods (insects and crustaceans), molluscs and fungi. Its main biological function is structural. Crustacean shells are the most important chitin source for commercial use due to its high content and ready availability. Chitin and its derivatives have great economical value because of their numerous applications: food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, textile industries, waste water treatment and agriculture. In nature, chitin is closely associated with proteins, minerals, lipid and pigments, which have to be removed. Results: Several techniques to extract chitin from different sources have been reported. The most common method for recovery of chitin from crustacean shells is the chemical procedure. It involves two mayor steps: elimination of inorganic matter (demineralization) and extraction of protein matter (deproteination) using strong acids and bases. However, these processes may cause depolymerization affecting the polymer properties such as molecular weight, viscosity and degree of acetylation. In addition, the chemical purification of chitin is hazardous, energy consuming and threatening to the environment. As an alternative to the chemical process, different biological processes have been investigated: microbiological fermentation and methodologies using enzymatic crude extracts or isolated enzymes. Conclusions: The results reported are extremely variable; however, they offer new perspectives for the production of chitin with the concomitant reduction of the environmental impact.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales
description Background: Chitin is an important natural resource. The annual worldwide production is estimated in approximately 10<SUP>10</SUP>-10<SUP>12</SUP> ton. It is produced by arthropods (insects and crustaceans), molluscs and fungi. Its main biological function is structural. Crustacean shells are the most important chitin source for commercial use due to its high content and ready availability. Chitin and its derivatives have great economical value because of their numerous applications: food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, textile industries, waste water treatment and agriculture. In nature, chitin is closely associated with proteins, minerals, lipid and pigments, which have to be removed. Results: Several techniques to extract chitin from different sources have been reported. The most common method for recovery of chitin from crustacean shells is the chemical procedure. It involves two mayor steps: elimination of inorganic matter (demineralization) and extraction of protein matter (deproteination) using strong acids and bases. However, these processes may cause depolymerization affecting the polymer properties such as molecular weight, viscosity and degree of acetylation. In addition, the chemical purification of chitin is hazardous, energy consuming and threatening to the environment. As an alternative to the chemical process, different biological processes have been investigated: microbiological fermentation and methodologies using enzymatic crude extracts or isolated enzymes. Conclusions: The results reported are extremely variable; however, they offer new perspectives for the production of chitin with the concomitant reduction of the environmental impact.
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