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Extraction of chitosan from Aristeus antennatus shells as a prior for biodegradable plastic production

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Earth and environmental sciences.

Abstract

Crustacean shells can be used to extract chitin, which is the second most common biopolymer after cellulose (such as crabs, shrimps, prawns, and krills). Chitosan is a biopolymer that can be modified chemically and physically. Deproteinization, demineralization, and deacetylation were employed to extract chitosan from red shrimp shells Aristeus antennatus the average total catch per (five-hours-hauls) is about 62 kg. FTIR, SEM and biodegradation were used to characterise the final product; Chitosans deacetylation degree was determined to be around 86 %, which was compared to commercial chitosan's deacetylation degree of 95 percent in the rest of the study.The chitosan yield was 18% with 7.65% moisture content and 32.27% ash containing different minerals. The solubility of extracted chitosan was 98.15%. There are 10 formulations of bioplastic films synthesized based on chitosan extracted from chitin-wastes of locally collected Aristeus antennatus were set at a basis of 100% as well as chitosan film. Castor oil was added as a plasticizer. The recovered chitosan's Fourier transform infrared spectrum (FTIR) revealed the expected properties. The produced bioplastic films were characterized via several judging criteria. The biodegradability of the formed bioplastic films was assessed along two weeks of incubation in seawater and marine sediment. Observably, all bioplastic films were decreased in their weights compared to polypropylene (PP) as synthetic plastic, which was not changed.

DOI

10.21608/ajbas.2022.141607.1106

Keywords

Chitosan, deacetylation, Castor oil, Bioplastic, biodegradation

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Ismail

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Affiliation

Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Portsaid Unv., Portsaid, Egypt.

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mohamed.ismail1062@gmail.com

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Portsaid

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First Name

Ayaat

Last Name

El-Feky

MiddleName

R

Affiliation

Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Portsaid Unv., Portsaid, Egypt.

Email

ayaate24@gmail.com

City

Portsaid

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First Name

Eman

Last Name

Zaghloul

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-

Affiliation

National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, NIOF, Egypt.

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eman_hamed88@yahoo.com

City

Alexandria

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First Name

Fedekar

Last Name

Madkour

MiddleName

Fadel

Affiliation

Marine Science Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University.

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fedekarmadkour@ymail.com

City

Port Said

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-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Elnemr

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-

Affiliation

National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, NIOF, Egypt.

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ahmed.m.elnemr@gmail.com

City

Alexandria

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-

First Name

Hassan

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

A.H.

Affiliation

National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, NIOF, Egypt.

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drhassanelsharqawy@gmail.com

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Alexandria

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4

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1

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38598

Issue Date

2023-01-01

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2022-06-06

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2023-01-01

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155

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170

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2682-275X

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947

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Alfarama Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences

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22 Jan 2023