Physicochemical Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan Extracted from Shell Waste of Mantis Shrimp (Squilla sp.) and Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus, Rathbun, 1896)

This study was undertaken to determine the physicochemical parameters of chitin and chitosan extracted from shell waste of manta shrimp and blue crab and to determine their fat-water binding capacity. the commercial chitin and chitosan was used as a control group. chitin and chitosan production was carried out by a chemical method. in the analysis of fat binding capacity, two different types of oil (sunflower and corn) were used. consequently, it was determined that the chitin and chitosan of manta shrimp had higher fat-water binding capacity than the capacity of the blue crab and commercial chitin and chitosan when compared. due to their high fat-water binding capacity of chitin and chitosan of shell waste of manta shrimp used as waste product but not studied before, they have been thought to be used in industrial field.