Chicken feather dissolution to obtain keratin

Abstract The dissolution of chicken feathers was investigated to reduce solid waste and obtain keratin. For the first part, the effects of sodium sulfite (0.05–0.3 M), urea (0–4 M), temperature (50–85 °C), and incubation time (2–4 h) on feather dissolution were investigated via a factorial design. A...

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Published in:Discover Chemistry
Main Authors: Vahidesadat Zebhi-Ashkezari, Mohammad Hassan Fazaelipoor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s44371-025-00169-0