Extraction and Characterization of Keratin from Chicken Feather Waste Biomass: A study

• Main Authors: Sharma, Swati, Gupta, Arun, Syed Mohd Saufi, Tuan Chik, Chua, Gek Kee, Pradeep Kumar , Podde, Jayshree , Thraisingam, Malini, Subramaniam
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2016
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15774/1/P093%20pg693-699.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15774/; http://ee.ump.edu.my/ncon/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Proceeding-NCON-PGR-2016.zip
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

Keratins are proteins that form hard fibers, present in wool, horns and hoofs, feathers etc. The feathers consist of up to 10% of total chicken weight. Uncontrolled disposal of feathers from the poultry slaughterhouses industry is troublesome to environment. Primary purification phase is necessary f...