[HTML][HTML] Turning black soldier fly rearing by-products into valuable materials: Valorisation through chitin and chitin nanocrystals production

A Falgayrac, V Pellerin, C Terrol… - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2024 - Elsevier
The industry of insect-based proteins as feed and food products has been encountering a
huge development since the last decade, and industrial-scale factories are now arising …

New insights into the organic waste-derived black soldier fly chitin and chitosan for biomedical and industrial applications

K Mohan, DK Rajan, D Divya, J Rajarajeswaran… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Insects are a promising group of animals for value-added biorefining products. Among other
insects, the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Hermetia illucens has gained more attention for …

Green chitosan extraction from Hermetia illucens breeding waste (prepupal cases): Characterization and bioadsorption activity

S Elouali, YA Hamdan, M Belmajdoub… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contamination has harmful consequences for the ecosystem. They are naturally
non-biodegradable, and can cause severe ecotoxicity and numerous pathologies. Several …

Extraction of chitin and chitosan from Hermetia illucens breeding waste: A greener approach for industrial application

S Elouali, YA Hamdan, S Benali, P Lhomme… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Sustainably exploiting the waste of the black soldier fly (BSF) to produce chitin and chitosan
remains a challenge. This work valorizes the pupal cases of BSF for chitin and chitosan …

[HTML][HTML] Tenebrio Molitor breeding rejects as a high source of pure chitin and chitosan: Role of the processes, influence of the life cycle stages and comparison with …

M Azzi, S Elkadaoui, J Zim, J Desbrieres… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This work valorizes rejects from Tenebrio Molitor TM breeding through the production of
chitin and chitosan. Two processes are proposed for extracting chitin from larval exuviae …

The Mexican fruit fly puparia (Anastrepha ludens) and the black soldier fly imagoes (Hermetia illucens), promising alternative sources of chitin

H Martín-López, T Ayora-Talavera, P Liedo… - MRS Advances, 2024 - Springer
Insects are renewable biomass with rapid reproduction rates and minimal resource
consumption, their cultivation has become a long-term option for food production and …

Preliminary study of chitin extraction from crickets (acheta domesticus) using deep eutectic solvent

SIN Fadila, FA Athirah, MS Perdani… - Sainteks: Jurnal Sain …, 2024 - ejournal.uicm.ac.id
Pada penelitian ini telah dilakukan ekstraksi kitin dari Jangkrik Rumah (Acheta Domesticus)
melalui green process menggunakan Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES). DES yang digunakan …