Biotechnological Applications of Eggshell: Recent Advances

The eggshell (ES) provides protection against pathogenic and physical insults while supplying essential metabolic and nutritional needs for the growing avian embryo. It is constituted mainly of calcium carbonate arranged as calcite crystals. The global chicken egg production in 2018 was over 76.7 mi...

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Main Authors: Tamer A. E. Ahmed, Ling Wu, Manar Younes, Maxwell Hincke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2021.675364/full