Extraction of biological hydroxyapatite from tuna fish bone for biomedical applications

• Main Authors: LATIF, A.F.A., Mohd Pu’ad, N.A.S., RAMLI, N.A.A, MUHAMAD, M.S, Abdullah, H.Z., IDRIS, M.I., Lee, T. C.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2672/1/KP%202020%20%28183%29.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2672/; https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1010.584
• Institution: Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

Natural hydroxyapatite (HAp) is known for its common use in biomedical applications including in orthopaedic and implantation. HAp can be extracted from natural resources such as eggshells, fish bones and coral. Annually, it is found that huge amount of tuna fish bones was thrown away and being wast...