Surface morphology of chitin highly related with the isolated body part of butterfly (Argynnis pandora)

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• 作者：Murat Kaya^a ; ^{muratkaya3806@yahoo.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Betü ; l Bitim^a ; Muhammad Mujtaba^a ; Turgay Koyuncu^b
• 关键词：Cardinal ; Extraction ; Chitin ; Characterization
• 刊名：International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：November 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：81
• 期：Complete
• 页码：443-449
• 全文大小：4620 K

文摘

This study was conducted to understand the differences in the physicochemical properties of chitin samples isolated from the wings and the other body parts except the wings (OBP) of a butterfly species (Argynnis pandora). The same isolation method was used for obtaining chitin specimens from both types of body parts. The chitin content of the wings (22%) was recorded as being much higher than the OBP (8%). The extracted chitin samples were characterized via FT-IR, TGA, XRD, SEM, and elemental analysis techniques. Results of these characterizations revealed that the chitins from both structures (wings and OBP) were very similar, except for their surface morphologies. SEM results demonstrated one type of surface morphology for the wings and four different surface morphologies for the OBP. Therefore, it can be hypothesized that the surface morphology of the chitin is highly related with the body part.