“…For commercial purposes, chitin is extracted using chemical, electrochemical and biochemical methods from the cuticles of crustaceans, mostly crabs and shripms [19][20][21][22][23][24] and corals [25]. It is isolated by chemical extraction via three stages, i.e., deproteinization by alkaline treatment, i.e., employing NaOH, Na 2 CO 3 , NaHCO 3 , KOH, K 2 CO 3 , demineralization using acidic (i.e., HCl, HNO 3 , H 2 SO 4 , CH 3 COOH), or EDTA-based solutions [26], and finally discoloration following the incubation in alkaline solution or by the addition of acetone or, alternatively, using KMnO 4 , H 2 O 2 [27] or oxalic acid [12,28].…”