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Table 2 A summary of product yield (mg) of colloidal chitin degradation by VhChiA

From: Bioeconomic production of high-quality chitobiose from chitin food wastes using an in-house chitinase from Vibrio campbellii

Substrate

GlcNAc

(GlcNAc)2

(GlcNAc)3

% purity

mg

% purity

mg

% purity

mg

Shrimp chitin

0.2

0.01 ± 0.01

96

1.8 ± 0.4

4.2

0.10 ± 0.04

 Squid chitin

2.4

0.05 ± 0.02

91

1.3 ± 0.2

6.8

0.10 ± 0.02

 Crab chitin

3.7

0.06 ± 0.07

91

0.8 ± 0.1

5.7

0.04 ± 0.02

  1. The % purity for each hydrolytic product was calculated from the individual peak area divided by the total peak area obtained from all the products in the HPLC chromatogram. Values are means ± SD from two independent reactions