Low cost whey salt medium (WSM) and molasses salt medium (MSM) have been constructed utilizing food processing byproduct whey and molasses for the production of bio-polysaccharide chitosan from Rhizopus oryzae and subsequently comprehensive physico-chemical characterization of the fungal chitosan has been carried out using various analytical tools to apprehend its biochemical utility. Same has been repeated with chitosan from conventional potato dextrose broth (PDB) for comparison purpose. The yields of chitosan in three different media were 0.62 (WSM), 0.39 (MSM) and 0.63 (PDB) g/L respectively. Molecular weights of the chitosans were in the range of 100-300 kDa. WSM-chitosan and MSM-chitosan were less polydispersed, possessed more hydrated polymorph and loose crystal packing than PDB-chitosan. This indicate that WSM-chitosan and MSM-chitosan are highly exposed to the external reagent hence more reactive to the external reagents with compare to PDB-chitosan. Literature suggest isolated chitosans are useful for specific drug delivery applications.
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