| dc.contributor.author |
Bright Singh, I S |
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| dc.contributor.author |
Rosamma, Philip |
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| dc.contributor.author |
Anas, A |
|
| dc.date.accessioned |
2014-07-16T07:00:07Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2014-07-16T07:00:07Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2008-06-01 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://dyuthi.cusat.ac.in/purl/4061 |
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| dc.description |
Aquaculture Research, 2008, 39, 885^890 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2109.2008.01944.x |
en_US |
| dc.description.abstract |
Chitosan has beenwidely accepted as awall material
for preparing microcapsules of various purposes in
human medicine. The possibility of using chitosan
as a wall material for microencapsulating nutrients
and drugs for aquaculture purposes, speci¢cally to
Macrobrachium rosenbergii larvae was evaluated in
this study. Two types of chitosan-coated microcapsules
were prepared using either acetone (MEC-A) or
NaOH (MEC-N) as the cross-linking agents. They
were compared with a microbound diet relative to
total leaching of nutrients and free amino acids
(FAA). Among the microcapsules, MEC-N showed
the lowest level of total leaching of nutrients (23.3%)
during 5 h of immersion in seawater and released
65% FAA after 60min. During laboratory trials,75%
larvae had accepted the MEC-N capsule. The results
of the study suggest that chitosan can be used as a
wall material for preparing microcapsules to deliver
drugs and nutrients to M. rosenbergii larvae. |
en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship |
Cochin University of Science and Technology |
en_US |
| dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
| dc.publisher |
Blackwell Publishing |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
microencapsulation |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
Macrobrahium rosenbergii |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
chitosan |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
drug delivery |
en_US |
| dc.title |
Chitosan as a wall material for a microencapsulated delivery system for Macrobrachium rosenbergii(de Man) larvae |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Article |
en_US |