Chitin is abundantly found in insect exoskeleton. Its measurement its influences on the overall performance of animals being fed are important. Its identification in animal nutrition lab with simple protocol is a requested topic of interest.
We homogenize insect biomass, centrifugate the substance, separate the lower fraction, and carry out a deacetylation reaction. As a result, we get chitosan, which can be used to recalculate pure chitin
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