Table 3.
Basic composition and specific species for chitin separation resources discussed in this review paper.
| Resources | Moisture (%) | Ash (%) |
Protein (%) |
Chitin (%) |
Others (%) |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lobster shells | 7.30 ± 0.05 | 40.64 ± 0.23 | 25.83 ± 0.85 | - | - | [92] |
| Shrimp shells (Marsupenaeus japonicus) |
12.56 ± 1.09 | 31.76 ± 8.17 | 36.47 ± 1.25 | - | - | [95] |
| shrimp shells (Solenocera crassicornis) |
- | 56.1 | 8.1 | 35.8 | - | [96] |
| Crab shells (Cancer pagurus) |
- | 64.8 | - | 11.4 | 23.8 | [79] |
| Crab shells (Polybius henslowii) |
- | 44.5 ± 0.57 | 32.1 ± 6.68 | 9.7 ± 0.57 | 13.2 ±0.25 | [123] |
| Crab shells (Chionoecetes opilio) |
- | 28.5 | 34.2 | - | 17.1 | [124] |
| Crayfish shells | 5.78 | 38.48 | 21.84 | 16.55 | - | [114] |
| Larvae (Hermetia illucens) |
6.30 ± 0.03 | 5.54 ± 0.01 | 31.73 ± 0.65 | 8.40 ± 0.20 | 21.62 ± 0.11 | [41] |
| Prepupae (Hermetia illucens) |
4.20 ± 0.16 | 5.37 ± 0.04 | 32.59 ± 0.11 | 9.74 ± 0.66 | 26.63 ± 0.37 | |
| Mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus) |
91 | 0.88 | 2.8 | - | 7.32 | [125] |