Characterization of&lt;em&gt; Farfantepenaeus californiensis &lt;/em&gt;Derived Chitosan for Smart-Active Food Packing Applications
Journal: Preprints.org
Year: 2024

The objective of this study was to carry out the extraction and characterization of chitin and chitosan from the exoskeletons of the Farfantepenaeus californiensis species of shrimp, as well as its application in the formulation of polymeric films plasticized with glycerol used in the process of food packaging. The characterization of the extracted polymer was made by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and physicochemical analysis of chitin and ch