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Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2021 Plastic materials have become a necessity of human life especially in the packaging of food commodities and biomedical procedures. Bioplastic is emerging as an effective alternative to fossil oil-based materials to avoid the environmental hazards of the ...
Wafa A. Alshehri +4 more
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Thermodynamic profiling of the keratin-surfactant system using anionic surfactant for topical formulation [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesKeratin e xtracted from chicken feather biomass has been recognized as a sustainable biomaterial for pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications because of its biocompatibility and functional properties.
Mourya Megha +2 more
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Sustainable Management of Keratin Waste Biomass: Applications and Future Perspectives
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2016 Keratin is a durable, fibrous protein which is mainly present in higher vertebrates (mammals, birds and reptiles) and humans epithelial cells. Food industry especially the meat market, slaughter house and wool industry produces million of tons of keratin
Swati Sharma, Arun Gupta
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Deacetylation via SIRT2 prevents keratin-mutation-associated injury and keratin aggregation
JCI Insight, 2023 Keratin (K) and other intermediate filament (IF) protein mutations at conserved arginines disrupt keratin filaments into aggregates and cause human epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS; K14-R125C) or predispose to mouse liver injury (K18-R90C).
Jingyuan Sun +9 more
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Materials & Design, 2022 The R&D and application of natural biomass resources is one of the important ways to solve the world's energy shortage and environmental pollution. However, the complex processing technology and poor mechanical properties seriously hinder the development
Bo Li +6 more
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Laccase-assisted approach to graft multifunctional materials of interest: keratin-EC based novel composites and their characterisation [PDF]
, 2015 This study focuses on the evaluation of raw keratin as a potential material to develop composites with novel characteristics. Herein, we report a mild and eco-friendly fabrication of in-house extracted feather keratin-based novel enzyme assisted ...
Kyazze, G. +3 more
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KERATIN EXTRACTION FROM POULTRY WASTE AND ASSESSMENT OF ITS ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY AGAINST Staphylococcus aureus [PDF]
Química NovaFeathers from poultry waste, composed of approximately 90% keratin, represent an environmental burden but also a valuable source of biopolymers. This study assessed keratin extraction via a chemical reduction method.
Fabricio S. Vargas +4 more
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Ectoine disperses keratin and alters hydration kinetics in stratum corneum
Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 2021 Moisturizing compounds are commonly applied topically to human stratum corneum (SC). Many types of molecular species are employed, most commonly including humectants and occlusives.
Jacob R. Bow +3 more
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Applied Sciences, 2021 In this work, feather keratin was extracted from the waste feather of chicken via alkyd pretreatment and reduction method, the extraction rate is above 85%. The molecular weight and aggregation morphology of feather keratin in an aqueous environment were
Sujuan Pan +3 more
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Determination of Keratinase Activity using Chicken Feather DMSO extract and its optimization with Response Surface Methodology [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesKeratinase is an enzyme capable of degrading keratin, exhibiting two activities: protease activity, which cleaves peptide bonds, and disulfide reductase activity, which reduces disulfide bonds (-S-S-). However, keratinase activity is often measured using
Rizqi Maharani Fazria, Suharti Suharti
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