[Isolation of chitin and chitosan from honey bees]. / Poluchenie khitina i khitozan iz mednosnykh pchel.

The procedure of isolation of chitin, chitosan, and water-soluble low-molecular-weight chitin from the corpses of bees was developed. This procedure included deproteinization of the corpses of bees, discoloration of the chitin-melanin complex, deacetylation, and enzymatic hydrolysis of chitosan.