Effects of Different Purification Methods on Chicken Feather Keratin

Every year billion kilograms of unused feathers result from the poultry industry worldwide, which in effect impose a difficult disposal process to the environment. Chicken feathers are considered as a valuable and renewable keratin protein source, which could be used advantageously in a number of a...

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Main Authors: Pourjavaheri, Firoozeh, Mohaddes, Farzad, Shanks, Robert A., Czajka, Michael, Gupta, Arun
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author Pourjavaheri, Firoozeh
Mohaddes, Farzad
Shanks, Robert A.
Czajka, Michael
Gupta, Arun
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Mohaddes, Farzad
Shanks, Robert A.
Czajka, Michael
Gupta, Arun
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description Every year billion kilograms of unused feathers result from the poultry industry worldwide, which in effect impose a difficult disposal process to the environment. Chicken feathers are considered as a valuable and renewable keratin protein source, which could be used advantageously in a number of applications as alternatives to feather meal and feather disposal. Although the potential applications of keratin derived from chicken feathers have been investigated, the initial purification phase has not been fully described in the literature. Original chicken feathers contain many biological organisms along with other contaminants after plucking. Unprocessed chicken feathers are considered as potentially hazardous biological materials due to the presence of blood borne pathogens; therefore,the decontamination process is very important. The purpose of this work is to compare the effects of different purification techniques on chicken feathers prior to keratin isolation. These processes include surfactant washing, soxhlet extraction with ethanol, ozone, and sodium chlorite solutions. Thermogravimetric analysis, vibrational spectroscopy, and wide angle X-ray scattering were used to characterise the purified feathers prior to keratin extraction.
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spelling ump-81432018-03-07T03:14:12Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8143/ Effects of Different Purification Methods on Chicken Feather Keratin Pourjavaheri, Firoozeh Mohaddes, Farzad Shanks, Robert A. Czajka, Michael Gupta, Arun TP Chemical technology Every year billion kilograms of unused feathers result from the poultry industry worldwide, which in effect impose a difficult disposal process to the environment. Chicken feathers are considered as a valuable and renewable keratin protein source, which could be used advantageously in a number of applications as alternatives to feather meal and feather disposal. Although the potential applications of keratin derived from chicken feathers have been investigated, the initial purification phase has not been fully described in the literature. Original chicken feathers contain many biological organisms along with other contaminants after plucking. Unprocessed chicken feathers are considered as potentially hazardous biological materials due to the presence of blood borne pathogens; therefore,the decontamination process is very important. The purpose of this work is to compare the effects of different purification techniques on chicken feathers prior to keratin isolation. These processes include surfactant washing, soxhlet extraction with ethanol, ozone, and sodium chlorite solutions. Thermogravimetric analysis, vibrational spectroscopy, and wide angle X-ray scattering were used to characterise the purified feathers prior to keratin extraction. Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8143/1/Effects_of_Different_Purification_Methods_on_Chicken_Feather_Keratin.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8143/3/Performance%20Characterization%20of%20A%20Vanadium%20Redox%20Flow%20Battery%20At%20Different%20Operating%20Parameters%20Under%20A%20Standardized%20Test-Bed%20System.pdf Pourjavaheri, Firoozeh and Mohaddes, Farzad and Shanks, Robert A. and Czajka, Michael and Gupta, Arun (2014) Effects of Different Purification Methods on Chicken Feather Keratin. Advanced Materials Research, 941-94. pp. 1184-1187. ISSN 1022-6680 (print), 1662-8985 (online). (Published) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.10.042 DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.10.042
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Pourjavaheri, Firoozeh
Mohaddes, Farzad
Shanks, Robert A.
Czajka, Michael
Gupta, Arun
Effects of Different Purification Methods on Chicken Feather Keratin
title Effects of Different Purification Methods on Chicken Feather Keratin
title_full Effects of Different Purification Methods on Chicken Feather Keratin
title_fullStr Effects of Different Purification Methods on Chicken Feather Keratin
title_full_unstemmed Effects of Different Purification Methods on Chicken Feather Keratin
title_short Effects of Different Purification Methods on Chicken Feather Keratin
title_sort effects of different purification methods on chicken feather keratin
topic TP Chemical technology
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8143/
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8143/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8143/1/Effects_of_Different_Purification_Methods_on_Chicken_Feather_Keratin.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8143/3/Performance%20Characterization%20of%20A%20Vanadium%20Redox%20Flow%20Battery%20At%20Different%20Operating%20Parameters%20Under%20A%20Standardized%20Test-Bed%20System.pdf