Research Article
Optimization of Chitin Extraction from Chicken Feet
Aveen Faidhalla Jalal, Chinar Mohammed Risheed* and Bnar Mahmod Ibrahim
Department of Chemistry, Scientific-Education College, Salahaddin University, Iraq
- *Corresponding Author:
- Chinar Mohammed Risheed
Department of Chemistry
Scientific-Education College
Salahaddin University
Irbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
E-mail: chinar_jaf@yahoo.com
Received date: June 30, 2012; Accepted date: September 18, 2012; Published date: September 24, 2012
Citation: Jalal AF, Risheed CM, Ibrahim BM (2012) Optimization of Chitin Extraction from Chicken Feet. J Anal Bioanal Tech 3:145. doi: 10.4172/2155-9872.1000145
Copyright: © 2012 Jalal AF,, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
The objective of present paper is to find optimal conditions for the extraction of chitin from chicken feet, so a chemical processing has been applied, to remove calcium carbonate (demineralization) and proteins (deproteinization). The optimum conditions included an acid concentration of 1.5 N, solid to acid ratio of 1:18 (w:v) at room temperature, the best yield and color were obtained with 1.0 N and 1:10 (w:v) of sodium hydroxide concentration and solid to base ratio respectively at 90°C. The yield of extracted chitin was found to be 15.2% with a DA of 91.66%. The FT-IR spectrum of the extracted chitin was compared with the standard chitin with a satisfactory result.
