Chitosan an eco-friendly biomaterial from marine invertebrates

Marine organisms are formed by bio compounds with a lot of properties and characteristics that may justify their potential applications within the biomedical field. Assuring the exploitation of natural marine resources and the valorization of residues from marine origin, like those obtained from food processing, represent a highly interesting platform for development of novel eco-friendly biomaterials, with higher benefits due to the fact that the source is practically inexhaustible. This study involves the extraction and identification of chitosan from samples of invertebrates organisms by chemical extraction method. The samples of aquatic organisms consist of exoskeleton of crab and spawning of gastropoda. This paper presents the possible raw materials for production of chitosan extracted from marine organisms and the characterization of the chitosan extract.