Collagen: Animal Sources and Biomedical Application.
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2015-03
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Collagen is the sole most profuse protein in the animal kingdom. It has been subjected to various studies from
time immemorial. Its applications are numerous and have been extracted from various sources such as land
animals (mainly bovine and porcine) and birds. Although collagen sources are abundant the outbreak of varied
diseases among land animals posed a threat to its utilization in our daily life. Thus a probe for an alternative
source began which in turn revealed the immense untapped marine source. The present article deals with a brief
description of collagen its characteristics,chemistry,common extraction procedure, application in various fields
and sources. A lot of studies have been carried out on various land animals, birds and marine organisms and this
review sums up the work performed to date in a concise manner.
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Collagen, animal source, Pharmaceutical application
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Silvipriya K S, Kumar K Krishna, Bhat A R, Kumar B Dinesh, John Anish, lakshmanan Panayappan. Collagen: Animal Sources and Biomedical Application. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 2015 Mar; 5(3): 123-127.