Biochemical and microstructural characteristics of collagen biopolymer from unicornfish (Naso reticulatus Randall, 2001) bone prepared with various acid types

• Main Authors: Nurul Syazwanie Fatiroi, Abdul Aziz Jaziri, Rossita Shapawi, Ruzaidi Azli Mohd Mokhtar, Wan Norhana Md. Noordin, Nurul Huda
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: MDPI 2023
• Subjects: SH20.3-191 Aquaculture; TX341-641 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42241/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42241/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42241/; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15041054

Biopolymer-like collagen has great industrial potential in terms of its excellent properties, such as strong biocompatibility, high degradability, and low antigenicity. Collagen derived from fish by-products is preferable as it is safer (free from transmittable diseases) and acceptable to most relig...