Chitosan was extracted from the oriental hornet, Vespa orientalis (L.), Vespinae, Order; Hymenoptera, as a new source of insect chitosan, using chemical methods. We assessed the physical properties of the wasp’s chitosan using different approaches including: preliminary color-change identification, Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (1H-NMR). The results showed that it gave a higher purity, solubility and Degree of Deacetylation (DD) compared to crustacean chitosan. Also, it is soluble in a very low concentration of acetic acid from 0.25% to 0.5% while that of Crustacea was soluble in more than 1% acetic acid, so the oriental hornet could be a novel alternative source of higher pure and more soluble chitosan.
RADY, M., ESSA, E., MA’MOUN, S., MO`MEN, S., SALAMA, M., BARAKAT, E., & ABOU-ELMAGD, W. (2018). CHARACTERIZATION AND SOLUBILIZATION OF CHITOSAN FROM THE ORIENTAL HORNET (VESPA ORIENTALIS). Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 48(3), 669-676. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2018.76586
MLA
MAGDA H. RADY; EMAN E. ESSA; SHIREEN A. M. MA’MOUN; SHIMAA A. A. MO`MEN; MOHAMMAD S. SALAMA; EMAD M. S. BARAKAT; WAEL S. I. ABOU-ELMAGD. "CHARACTERIZATION AND SOLUBILIZATION OF CHITOSAN FROM THE ORIENTAL HORNET (VESPA ORIENTALIS)". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 48, 3, 2018, 669-676. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2018.76586
HARVARD
RADY, M., ESSA, E., MA’MOUN, S., MO`MEN, S., SALAMA, M., BARAKAT, E., ABOU-ELMAGD, W. (2018). 'CHARACTERIZATION AND SOLUBILIZATION OF CHITOSAN FROM THE ORIENTAL HORNET (VESPA ORIENTALIS)', Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 48(3), pp. 669-676. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2018.76586
VANCOUVER
RADY, M., ESSA, E., MA’MOUN, S., MO`MEN, S., SALAMA, M., BARAKAT, E., ABOU-ELMAGD, W. CHARACTERIZATION AND SOLUBILIZATION OF CHITOSAN FROM THE ORIENTAL HORNET (VESPA ORIENTALIS). Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2018; 48(3): 669-676. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2018.76586
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