REVIEW ON ASSESSING METHODS IN CHITOSAN BASED POLYSACCHARIDE COMPOUNDS PREPARATIONS AND THEIR DERIVATIVE ACTIVITIES

Chitin is a most commonly occurring natural polysaccharide, which is processed by industries into various active compounds of biological importance. The best suitable method is deacetylation, which produces chitosan from chitin. In recent biodiversity and natural conservation approaches, waste water treatment is one important aspect of renewable natural resources, in which the separation of colloids from waste water is processed through coagulation - flocculation processes. There were several recent methods have been reported in separating squid gladius chitin and found that deacetylation process is the most economical and viable process in chitosan extraction from chitin. The potency of chitosan as anti-pollution activity has been tested using bromophenol blue in various laboratory conditions. In the present study, we report using 0.01% bromophenol blue as anti-pollutant agent. It was demonstrated that chitosan as a suitable candidate for cleaning water in waste water treatment plants.