Preparation and characterization of hair keratin/gelatin blend films

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 351-356

  Prasong, Srihanam ^a   Wasan, Tessanan ^a  

^a MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Gelatin; Keratin; Morphology; Secondary structures; Thernal properties

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; GELATIN; KERATIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HAIR; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; GELATIN; HAIR; HUMANS; KERATINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 80052888794     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2011.351.356     Document Type: Article

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