Collagen fibres from fish gut
Collagen fibres from fish gut
Date
1987
Authors
Mukundan, M.K.
Stephen, J.
Devadasan, K.
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
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Publisher
Society of Fisheries Technologists (India)
Abstract
The guts of most fishes contain 1-5 percentage collagen.Amino acid Composition of these purified collagens revealed the presence of almost all amino acids except cystine. The major componet aminoacids were glutamic acid followed by proline and glycine. The physical properties such as tenacity, keeping quality etc. of pure and modified collagen fibres are also reported. In the light of these data, the use of gut collagen as asurgical suture is discussed.
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Keywords
fish gut, collagen, amino acid composition
Citation
Diversification of Post-harvest Technology for Low Cost Fish.Proceedings of the Seminar on Diversification of Post-harvest Technology for Low Cost Fish,10-11 March,1987, ed.by Balachandran,K.K. et al,287-294