Ecofriendly lime and sulfide free enzymatic dehairing of skins and hides using a bacterial alkaline protease

Chemosphere

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1015-1024

  Sivasubramanian, S ^a   Murali Manohar, B ^b   Rajaram, A ^a   Puvanakrishnan, R ^a  

^a CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Collagen; Leather; Liming; Pollution; Protease; Proteoglycan

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COLLAGEN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIME; SKIN;

LIMING; PROTEASE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

LEATHER;

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CALCIUM OXIDE; COLLAGEN; SULFIDE;

BACTERIA; COLLAGEN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEATHER; LIME; SKIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLLAGEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIMING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN; SULFIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMIS; EFFLUENT; HAIR; HISTOLOGY; LEATHER INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 36448983569     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.09.036     Document Type: Article

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