Recovery of Gelatin from Bovine Skin with the Aid of Pepsin and Its Effects on the Characteristics of the Extracted Gelatin

Pepsin enzyme was used to pretreat the bovine skin at the rate of 5, 15, and 25 units of enzyme/g of skin to recover gelatin, and the recovered gelatins were referred to as Pe5, Pe15, and Pe25, respectively. The gelatin yield increased significantly (<i>p</i> < 0.05) from 18.17% for P...

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Main Authors: Tanbir Ahmad, Amin Ismail, Siti Aqlima Ahmad, Khalilah Abdul Khalil, Elmutaz Atta Awad, Muhammad Tayyab Akhtar, Awis Qurni Sazili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Polymers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/10/1554