<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><article><front><Journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type='publisher'>CWE/1421/2022</journal-id><journal-title >Current World Environment</journal-title><issn pub-type='PPub'>0973-4929</issn><issn pub-type='ePub'>2320-8031</issn><publisher><publisher-name>4</publisher-name></publisher></Journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type='other'>CWE--86-00</article-id><title-group><article-title>&lt;p&gt;Extraction and Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan from Penaeus Monodon and its Application for Water Purification: An Approach to Utilize Waste&lt;/p&gt;</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id='aff001'><sup>1</sup><instname>Affiliated to Manonmanium Sundaranar University</instname>,<deptname>Department of Zoology and Research Centre</deptname>, <instaddress>Scott Christian College (Autonomous)</instaddress>, <instcity>Tirunelveli</instcity>, <instcountry>India</instcountry>.</aff><pub-date pub-type='ppub'><publicationDate></publicationDate></pub-date><doi>10.12944/CWE.17.3.24</doi><volume>Volume 17</volume><issue>Volume 17</issue><page>795-804</page><abstract><title>Abstract</title><p>This study was conducted to elucidate the uses of chitosan extracted from Penaeus monodon. Chitosan is a natural polysaccharide that shapes structural additives inside the exoskeleton of crustaceans. In this research, chitin and chitosan had been extracted from the Penaeus monodon exoskeleton via the chemical system through a series of steps which include demineralization, deproteinization, and deacetylation. The chitosan received by the deacetylation system turned into analyzed for biochemical parameters like protein, lipid, carbohydrate, ash, moisture, degree of deacetylation, water binding capacity (WBC), fats binding capacity (FBC), and solubility. The statistics show that chitin contains 3.82% protein, 1.24% lipid, 68.45% carbohydrate, 2.9% ash, 9.6% moisture content, 67.60% DD, 640% WBC, 420% FBC, and 99% solubility which were higher than chitosan. The textile effluent was treated with extracted chitosan and chitosan membrane for 30 days. Maximum decolourization (55.56 to 95.75%) of the effluent occurs with 2 g of chitosan. This study concluded that chitosan is a promising absorbent for removing colour from textile effluent.</p></abstract><kwd-group><title>Keywords</title><kwd>Characterization</kwd><kwd> Chitin, Chitosan</kwd><kwd> Decolourization</kwd><kwd> Demineralization</kwd><kwd> Penaeus Monodon</kwd></kwd-group><counts><ref-count count='' /><page-count count='' /></counts></article-meta></front></article>