Chapter 19, Problem 63P

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The structure of chitin should be proposed.

Concept introduction:

Chitin is recognized as the long chain of N-acetylglucosamine and it is the glucose’s derivative. Chitin is the initial component of the cell walls within the fungi, the arthropod’s exoskeletons, like insects and crustaceans’ cephalopod beaks, the scales of lissamphibians and fish and the radulae of molluscs.