Research Article

Kinetic Models for Glucosamine Production by Acid Hydrolysis of Chitin in Five Mushrooms

Table 2

Fitting of experimental results to different reaction models.

MushroomTemperature (°C)Reaction kinetic equationCoefficient of determination (R2)

Enoki mushroom90Zero-order0.9569
First-order0.9591
Second-order0.6460
100Zero-order0.9475
First-order0.9358
Second-order0.5367
110Zero-order0.9623
First-order0.9273
Second-order0.5263

Oyster mushroom90Zero-order0.9592
First-order0.9886
Second-order0.8856
100Zero-order0.9380
First-order0.7945
Second-order0.2831
110Zero-order0.8642
First-order0.6013
Second-order0.2163

Straw mushroom90Zero-order0.9586
First-order0.8902
Second-order0.7658
100Zero-order0.9833
First-order0.8779
Second-order0.6756
110Zero-order0.9803
First-order0.8194
Second-order0.5223

Shiitake90Zero-order0.9979
First-order0.9707
Second-order0.8737
100Zero-order0.9913
First-order0.933
Second-order0.7393
110Zero-order0.9914
First-order0.9355
Second-order0.7471

Wood ear mushroom90Zero-order0.9281
First-order0.8191
Second-order0.6934
100Zero-order0.9469
First-order0.8087
Second-order0.4911
110Zero-order0.9148
First-order0.8416
Second-order0.6206

[A]0 is the initial chitin content of each mushroom and [A] is the chitin content at reaction time t.