Keratinase production and the biodegradation of feather waste represent critical areas in the sustainable management of agro-industrial by-products. Keratinases are specialised proteolytic enzymes ...

Blacksburg, VA., March 29, 2007 – Biodegradable polymers created from poultry feathers may add value to the poultry industry and help solve the growing environmental problem of plastic waste.

A solvent has shown efficiency in extracting value-added proteins such as keratin and melanin from waste human hair, chicken feathers and animal wool 1. The spent solvent can be recovered and reused ...

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