Dried Fruit of the Luffa Sponge as a Source of Chitin for Applications as Skin Substitutes
Figure 2
Thin-layer chromatography of the acid-treated hydrolysate (HCl: HC-5, HC-10, and HC-15; CF3COOH: HF-5, HF-10, and HF-15) of the LUFFACHITIN membrane developed by pyridine : n-butanol : 0.1 N HCl at 30 : 50 : 20 and visualized by spraying the naphthoresorcinol reagent (a) or Elson-Morgan reagent (b) and heating to 100°C for 3 min. Lanes 1~8: glucose (N-acetylglucosamine), HC-5, HC-10, HC-15, HF-5, HF-10, HF-15, and galactose (glucosamine).
