Surface morphology of chitin highly related with the isolated body part of butterfly (Argynnis pandora).
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.
Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters Aksaray University, 68100 Aksaray, Turkey. Electronic address: muratkaya3806@yahoo.com.
Murat
M
Kaya
Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters Aksaray University, 68100 Aksaray, Turkey.
Betül
B
Bitim
Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters Aksaray University, 68100 Aksaray, Turkey.
Muhammad
M
Mujtaba
Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Amasya University, Amasya, Turkey.
Turgay
T
Koyuncu
D000818:Animals; D002080:Butterflies / Q000737:chemistry*; D002686:Chitin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013499:Surface Properties; D013818:Thermogravimetry; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D002686:Chitin
Cardinal; Characterization; Chitin; Extraction