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ArticleInsects2020

Exploring Simplified Methods for Insect Chitin Extraction and Application as a Potential Alternative Bioethanol Resource.

Mahmoud Kamal, Eslam Adly, Sulaiman Ali Alharbi, Amany Soliman Khaled, Magda Hassan Rady, Nevin Ahmed Ibrahim

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Article in Insects, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. The Use of Chitin from the Molts of Mealworm (Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mahmoud KamalDepartment of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-7447-0433
Eslam AdlyDepartment of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-3510-8105
Sulaiman Ali AlharbiDepartment of Botany & Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O Box 2455 Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Amany Soliman KhaledDepartment of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.
Magda Hassan RadyDepartment of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.
Nevin Ahmed IbrahimDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-0534-9370

Funding

King Saud University RSP-2020/5
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chitin, the second most plentiful biopolymer in nature, is a major component of insect cuticle. In searching for alternative resources for fossil fuels, some fungal strains of

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American cockroachbioethanolbiofuelbiomass conversionchitin extractionMucor circinelloidessubmerged fermentation

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PMID33198072
PMCPMC7696517

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