Acid-pepsin soluble collagen from saltwater and freshwater fish scales

• Main Authors: Upasen, Settakorn, Naeramitmarnsuk, Kornrat, Antonio, Christian, Roces, Susan, Morillas, Héctor, Wattanachai, Piyachat
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Collagen; Scales (Fishes)—Analysis; Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1327; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2326&context=faculty_research
• Institution: De La Salle University

Extraction and characterization of acid soluble collagen (ASC) and pepsin soluble collagen (PSC) from scales of Giant groupers (saltwater fish) and Nile tilapia (freshwater fish) were carried out in this research. Due to a higher protein content in scales, collagen yield extracted from the Giant gro...