{"title":"Isolation of chitin from the shell of the cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis L.","authors":"N. Okafor","doi":"10.1016/0926-6534(65)90050-3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p></p><ul><li><span>1.</span><span><p>1. A method is described for isolating flat pieces of transparent, unhydrolysed, protein-free chitin from the shell of the cuttlefish, <em>Sepia officinalis</em> L.</p></span></li><li><span>2.</span><span><p>2. Chitin from the dorsal cover and the septa regions of the shell were found to be identical in physical and chemical properties. X-ray studies and, for the first time, infrared spectra, confirm that Sepia chitin is of the β-type.</p></span></li></ul></div>","PeriodicalId":100163,"journal":{"name":"Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Mucoproteins and Mucopolysaccharides","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1965-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0926-6534(65)90050-3","citationCount":"26","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Mucoproteins and Mucopolysaccharides","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0926653465900503","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
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1. A method is described for isolating flat pieces of transparent, unhydrolysed, protein-free chitin from the shell of the cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis L.
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2. Chitin from the dorsal cover and the septa regions of the shell were found to be identical in physical and chemical properties. X-ray studies and, for the first time, infrared spectra, confirm that Sepia chitin is of the β-type.