Microbial enzymes for bioconversion of poultry waste into added-value products

Food Research International

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-12

  Brandelli, Adriano ^a   Sala, Luisa ^a   Kalil, Susana Juliano ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Byproduct meal; Chicken feathers; Keratinase; Meat industry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOCONVERSION; BYPRODUCTS; LIPASES; MOLECULES; PROTEINS; PURIFICATION;

ANGIOTENSIN I-CONVERTING ENZYME; CHICKEN FEATHERS; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; FUNCTIONAL INGREDIENT; KERATINASE; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; MEAT INDUSTRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

ENZYMES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84930182898     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2015.01.015     Document Type: Article

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