Extraction and Characterization of Chitosan from Eco-Green Hermetia Illucens …

Chitosan can be extracted from the hermetia illucens chitin. It has excellent biocompatibility, non-toxic, bioresorbable, anti-inflammatory and wound healing properties. It can be formed into a gel, granules, sheet/film, porous structure, or scaffold in dental medications. Hermetia illucens cocoons were collected and extracted from the by-product of organic waste management in Bandung City. Th…