Exploration on amino acid content and morphological structure in chicken feather fiber

Journal of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Saravanan, Kannappan ^a   Dhurai, Bhaarathi ^a  

^a KUMARAGURU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Amino acid content; Chicken feather fiber; Keratin; SEM; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856741511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15330915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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