Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 40, Issue 3, Pages 237-241Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2006.07.010
Keywords
chitin; bumblebee; shrimp; spectroscopy; microscopy
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Insect chitin possessing shell-like structure was prepared from the bumblebee corpses by a consequent treatment with 1 M HCl and 1 M NaOH. The bumblebee chitin was compared with crustacean (shrimp) chitin by using elemental analysis, Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) and solid-state C-13 cross-polarization magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (CP/MAS)-NMR spectroscopy and confocal microscopy. Both chitins (bumblebee and shrimp) exhibited identical spectra, while the bumblebee chitin had a 5% lower degree of acetylation and was characterized by a fine membrane texture. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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