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dc.contributor.authorKiplagat, Chebon S
dc.contributor.authorOnyari, John M
dc.contributor.authorMulaa, Francis
dc.contributor.authorWabomba, John
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-11T07:29:24Z
dc.date.available2019-09-11T07:29:24Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationKIPLAGAT, CHEBON SAMMY, et al. "Extraction and characterization of gelatin from Lates niloticus and potential industrial applications." Biofarmasi Journal of Natural Product Biochemistry 15.2 (2017): 53-64.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/326361807_Extraction_and_characterization_of_gelatin_from_Lates_niloticus_and_potential_industrial_applications
dc.identifier.urihttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/107104
dc.description.abstractKiplagat CS, Onyari JM, Mulaa F, Wabomba J. 2018. Extraction and characterization of gelatin from Lates niloticus and potential industrial applications. Biofarmasi J Nat Prod Biochem 16: 53-64. This research aims to extract and characterize gelatin from Lates niloticus (Nile perch) scales, then blend it with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). Hydrolysis of the scales was done using a crude alkaline protease harvested from a bacterium, Bacillus cereus strain wwcp 1, obtained from Lake Bogoria. The lyophilized solution yielded 16.3% of gelatin powder calculated from the dry weight of the scales. The sample was characterized using infrared spectroscopy and showed peaks at 3442 cm-1 , 1653 cm-1 and ~ 1590 cm-1 corresponding to Amide A, Amide I and Amide II bands respectively. The amino acid analysis shows that glycine was the most abundant amino acid (21.7%), followed by proline (14.6%) and alanine (11.8%). Isoleucine, Histidine, and Tyrosine were the least abundant (1.8, 1.4 and 0.9% respectively). Polyvinyl alcohol-gelatin blend films of various compositions ranging from 10% to 90% PVA were prepared by solution casting method. Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Thermo-gravimetric Analysis (TGA) tests showed the films had glass transition, melting and thermal decomposition onset temperatures intermediate between those of the respective individual polymers ( PVA and gelatin). The thermal stability of the films reduced with the increase in the amount of the less thermally stable constituent. Lastly, potential applications of the prepared blend films were investigated. Batch experiments to assess the potential of the polymer blend films as an adsorbent material was done using Methylene Blue dye. The films were found to adsorb up to 64% of the dye and the percentage of dye removal varied with the initial concentration of the dye and contact time.en_US
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dc.publisherUniversity of Nairobien_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectGelatin, industrial applications, Lates niloticusen_US
dc.titleExtraction and characterization of gelatin from Lates niloticus and potential industrial applicationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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