Incorporation of Extracted Mucor Indicus Fungus Chitin Nanofibers into Starch Biopolymer: Morphological, Physical, and Mechanical Evaluation

2021 ◽  
pp. 2000218
Author(s):  
Bahador Bahrami ◽  
Tayebeh Behzad ◽  
Fatemeh Salehinik ◽  
Akram Zamani ◽  
Pejman Heidarian
Keyword(s):  
Mucor Indicus ◽  
Chitin Nanofibers

Stabilizing oil-in-water emulsions with regenerated chitin nanofibers

2015 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 115-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Zhigang Chen ◽  
Wenyang Bian ◽  
Li Feng ◽  
Zongwei Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil In Water ◽  
Chitin Nanofibers

scholarly journals Co-Culture of Filamentous Feed-Grade Fungi and Microalgae as an Alternative to Increase Feeding Value of Ethanol Coproducts

Fermentation ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiano Rodrigues Reis ◽  
Larissa Ogero D’Otaviano ◽  
Aravindan Rajendran ◽  
Bo Hu
Keyword(s):  
Linoleic Acid ◽  
Unsaturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Animal Feed ◽  
Hydrolytic Enzymes ◽  
Linoleic Acid Content ◽  
Distiller's Grains ◽  
Exogenous Enzyme ◽  
Whole Stillage ◽  
Mucor Indicus ◽  
Fermentation Tank

Distiller’s grains, an important commodity in the feed and food chains, are currently underdosed in rations due to several factors, mainly nutrient imbalance. This study aimed to increase the linoleic acid content in distiller’s grains and decrease the excess nutrients in stillage water by the use of an artificial lichen, composed of fungi, algae, and a supporting matrix. A maximum concentration of 46.25% of linoleic acid in distiller’s grains was achieved with a combination of Mucor indicus and Chlorella vulgaris using corn-to-ethanol whole stillage as substrate. Microbial hydrolytic enzymes during fermentation were able to decrease the solids in whole stillage. Nitrogen depletion by microalgal uptake causes lipid-formation stress to Mucor indicus cells, increasing linoleic acid production to about 49% of the total lipids, potentially decreasing costs in the animal feed. The culture supernatant can potentially be recycled as process water to the ethanol fermentation tank, and enhanced distiller’s grains can replace animal-specific diets. This would reduce exogenous enzyme use and supplementation of unsaturated fatty acids from other sources.

scholarly journals Effects of Surface-Deacetylated Chitin Nanofibers in an Experimental Model of Hypercholesterolemia

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 17445-17455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuo Azuma ◽  
Tomone Nagae ◽  
Takeshi Nagai ◽  
Hironori Izawa ◽  
Minoru Morimoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Model ◽  
Chitin Nanofibers

Preparation and Properties of Optically Transparent Chitin Nanofibers Sheet by Different Simple Mechanical Methods

2013 ◽  
Vol 634-638 ◽  
pp. 2232-2237
Author(s):  
Qin Qin Hu ◽  
Da Gang Li ◽  
Ai Jun Li ◽  
Wen Biao Gu
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
High Aspect Ratio ◽  
Mechanical Treatment ◽  
High Pressure Homogenization ◽  
Flexible Composites ◽  
Mechanical Methods ◽  
Optically Transparent ◽  
Chitin Nanofibers

Chitin nanofibers were prepared from commercially available dried chitin powders by different simple mechanical methods under acid conditions after removal of minerals and proteins. The fibrillated chitin samples were observed by FE-SEM and there was a fine network structure formed by chitin nanofibes with a width of approximately 10-50 nm and high aspect ratio. The mechanical treatment under acid conditions was crucial to facilitate the fibrillation of chitin fibers into nanofibers. The high pressure homogenization in combination with grinding was used to obtain the most transparent chitin nanofibers sheet with a transmittance of 88.5% and tensile strength of 82.34MPa, and the sheet even had a Young’s modulus of 6.17GPa. Thus, chitin nanofibers provide excellent potential as reinforcement of transparent flexible composites to improve the properties of nanocomposites.

Formation of Elastic Gels from Deacetylated Chitin Nanofibers Reinforced with Sulfobutyl Ether β-Cyclodextrin

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Makoto Anraku ◽  
Daisuke Iohara ◽  
Ayumu Hiraga ◽  
Kaneto Uekama ◽  
Shinsuke Ifuku ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sulfobutyl Ether ◽  
Chitin Nanofibers

Preparation of Chitin Nanofibers and Their Composites

2013 ◽  
pp. 11-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinsuke Ifuku ◽  
Zameer Shervani ◽  
Hiroyuki Saimoto
Keyword(s):  
Chitin Nanofibers

Facile construction of mechanically tough collagen fibers reinforced by chitin nanofibers as cell alignment templates

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 918-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao Huang ◽  
Yixiang Wang ◽  
Lingyun Chen ◽  
Lina Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Alginate ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
Collagen Fibers ◽  
Cell Alignment ◽  
Reinforcing Filler ◽  
Chitin Nanofibers

Reconstituted collagen fibers with excellent mechanical performance were successfully fabricated with sodium alginate as coagulate and chitin nanofibers as reinforcing filler and applied as a fibroblast alignment templated scaffold.

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