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. 2024 Nov 16;16(22):3187. doi: 10.3390/polym16223187

Table 4.

The indices of chitin isolating process by deep eutectic solvents from crustaceans and the characteristics of obtained chitin.

Resources HBA HBD Molar Ratio
(HBA:HBD)
Yields
(%)
Purity
(%)
DM
(%)
DP
(%)
Mw
(kDa)
DA
(%)
CrI
(%)
Ref.
Lobster shells Choline
chloride
Malonic acid 1:2 22.21 93 - - 312 94.33 79.82 [93]
16.19 - - - - - 80.6 [92]
Lactic acid + Glycerol 1:1:1 26.22 94.76 98.77 95.99 655 - 77.73 [94]
Shrimp shells Betaine HCl Urea 1:2 23.6 - 98.15 93 330 92.2 70.8 [104]
Choline chloride Citric acid 1:3 45.85 86.44 - - - - 99.01 [102]
DL–Malic acid 1:2 27.2 92.6 - - - - 94.1 [96]
1:3 49.35 83.08 - - - - 95.13 [102]
Ethylene Glycol 1:2 24.8 - 98.15 90.6 340 93.4 80.8 [104]
Glycerol 1:2 22.5 - 98.15 88.6 290 91.3 69.5
27.4 96.1 - - 228 ≈85 84.3 [101]
Tartaric acid 1:3 48.85 87.73 - - - - 96.31 [102]
Lactic acid 1:1 20 98 - - 125 89 91 [97]
1:1 52.05 82.76 - - - - 97.33 [102]
1:2.5 - 99.33 - - - - 80.32 [100]
Malonic acid 1:2 23.86 - - - 79 107.78 87.59 [95]
TsOH 1:2 59.4 R 97.9 - - - - 90.6 [98]
Urea 1:2 25.1 - 98.15 92.0 370 95.1 81.0 [104]
N-Methylacetamide N-Methylurea, Acetic acid 1:1:3 - - 96.74 94.29 837 93.23 82.83 [105]
Crab Shells Choline
chloride
Lactic acid 1:1 - 98.2 99.7 100.0 - 98.5 82.9 [79]
Lactic acid + Glycerol 1:1:1 34.27 96.55 - - 541 - 82.51 [110]
1:1.5:0.5 36.75 96.53 - - 382 - 83.62
Lactic acid 1:2 33.97 96.63 - - 264 - 82.46
12.8 - - - - 94.1 81.9 [108]
Malic acid + Glycerol 2:1:1 34.38 95.69 - - 239 - 84.79 [110]
2:1.5:0.5 32.15 96.52 - - 278 - 87.27
Malic acid 1:1 33.95 96.48 - - 204 - 85.14
- - 99.8 92.3 - - 75.55 [106]
Malonic acid 1:2 12.0 - - - - 73.1 71.6 [108]
N-acetyl-D-Glucosamine + Formic acid 1:0.6:1.4 85.6 R 90.2 - - 392 - 52.6 [82]
Cystine Gluconic acid 5:1 71.3 R 94.1 - - 375 - 74.9 [107]
TEBAC Lactic acid 1:27 21.31 91.15 97.36 88.94 - 86.20 78.85 [111]
Crayfish shells Betaine Lactic acid 1:2 18 85 - - 224 96 85 [112]
Choline
chloride
Lactic acid 1:2 18 85 - - 194 93 83
1:10 19.11 97.44 - - - - 86.16 [113]
Proline, Urea/75% DBU 1:2 89.23 R 91.39 3.98 97.31 236 65 75.85 [114]

DBU: 1,8-Diazabicyclo [5.4.0] undec-7-ene; TEBAC: Triethylbenzylammonium chloride; TsOH: p-Toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate. R: Recover yield%, Yield% = (mass of obtained precipitate (g) × purity%)/(mass of initial shrimp shells (g) × chitin%) × 100%.