ReviewPolymers2024
Keratin from Animal By-Products: Structure, Characterization, Extraction and Application-A Review.
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- Polysaccharide-Based Hydrogel Composites With Organic and Inorganic Fillers: Recent Advances in Reinforcement, Functional Properties, and Selected Applications.ChemSusChem · 2026Review
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- Polymer-Based and Biomaterial Encapsulation of Probiotics for Improved Viability.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Review
- Amino acids and mineral composition of normal and felted wool of the ukrainian carpathian mountain sheep breed.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Hydrothermal duck-feather keratin as a reagent-free bioreductant and capping matrix for bioactive silver nanoparticles.Discover nano · 2026Article
- Horse Hoof Trimmings as an Untapped Resource for Sustainable Keratin Utilization.ChemistryOpen · 2026Review
- Sustainable valorization of poultry waste through optimized keratin extraction and its prospective use in dye adsorption.BMC chemistry · 2026Article
- Fermented Gallus gallus foot keratin-bone composites as peptide-mineral concentrate for aquafeed: ratio-dependent proximate compositional data.BMC research notes · 2026Article
- Keratin-based protection of enamel against acid-erosion.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2026Article
- Bioconversion of chicken feather waste: optimizing keratinase production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA1045 and Alcaligenes faecalis IHB B 6507, characterization and application as organic fertilizers.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2025Article
- Recent Insights into the Research of (Bio)Active Additives for Advanced Polymer Materials.Polymers · 2025Review
- Revealing sassanid dyeing practices through synchrotron FTIR.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from Bacillus subtilis-mediated feather hydrolysate: antimicrobial, larvicidal against culex pipiens, and anticancer activities.Bioresources and bioprocessing · 2025Article
- Harnessing Microbial Consortia for Efficient Keratinous Biomass Biotransformation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Keratinase and its diverse applications.3 Biotech · 2025Review
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Abstract
Keratin is a structural fibrous protein and the core constituent of animal by-products from livestock such as wool, feathers, hooves, horns, and pig bristles. This natural polymer is also the main component of human hair and is present at an important percentage in human and animal skin. Significant amounts of keratin-rich animal tissues are discarded worldwide each year, ca. 12 M tons, and the share used for keratin extraction and added-value applications is still very low. An important stream of new potential raw materials, represented by animal by-products and human hair, is thus being lost, while a large-scale valorization could contribute to a circular bioeconomy and to the reduction in the environmental fingerprint of those tissues. Fortunately, scientific research has made much important progress in the last 10-15 years in the better understanding of the complex keratin architecture and its variability among different animal tissues, in the development of tailored extraction processes, and in the screening of new potential applications. Hence, this review aims at a discussion of the recent findings in the characterization of keratin and keratin-rich animal by-product structures, as well as in keratin recovery by conventional and emerging techniques and advances in valorization in several fields.
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