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. 2014 Feb 28;19(3):2771–2792. doi: 10.3390/molecules19032771

Table 5.

Percentage of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon/nitrogen and degree of deacetylation of chitin and chitosan samples of crustacean (standard) and extracted from Cunninghamella elegans.

Sample % N % C % H C/N
Crustacean Chitin (Sigma) 5.30 40.25 7.11 7.59
Crustacean Chitosan (Sigma) 7.03 37.88 6.59 5.39
Fungal Chitosan 5.59 30.52 7.66 5.46
Fungal Chitin 5.27 40.69 9.13 7.53