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Production of Chitosan from horseshoe crab,<br />

Carcinoscorpius Rotundicauda<br />

Muhammad Aliff Aiman bin Mat Zain<br />

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noraznawati binti Ismail<br />

Bachelor of Science (Marine Science)<br />

School of Marine and Environmental Science<br />

Chitin and chitosan are widely known polysaccharide that can be produce from marine<br />

shells like crabs, shrimps and horseshoe crabs. Besides being beneficial to other<br />

industries like pharmaceutical, production of those polysaccharide helps in reducing<br />

pollution made by shellfish industry. Procedure for chitin and chitosan consists of<br />

demineralization, deproteinization and deacetylation. Quality and quantity of chitin and<br />

chitosan produce mainly affected by production procedure and environment<br />

conditions. Congo-red dye has been used to confirm and verify whether the sample<br />

obtained really chitin and chitosan. The chitosan was produced from 2 gram of<br />

carapace from horseshoe crab. This indicated that horseshoe crab has a good potential<br />

than other resource of chitosan.<br />

1881 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

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