Hide unhairing and characterization of commercial enzymes used in leather manufacture

The enzymatic treatment of hides in tannery processes is a promising technology. However, the reaction kinetics of commercial enzymes available to the leather industry are not fully understood and their activities have been mainly determined with model proteins such as casein as substrate, which are...

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Main Authors: A Dettmer, M. A. Z Ayub, M Gutterres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering 2011-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322011000300003