Experimental Study of New Collagen-containing Preparations
Olga Andreyeva
Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Ukraine
Lesia Maistrenko *
Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Ukraine
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Leather industry is one of the main sources of collagen-containing raw materials. Therefore, effective recycling of these raw materials into marketable products is a pressing problem not only for leather industry but also for other branches of national economy. In the present work, we have studied into new collagen-containing preparations, derived from untanned by-products of leather industry. The size of particles in collagen preparations was assessed using microscopy. Chemical analysis was carried out under chemical research technique. IR spectroscopy has revealed the presence of various functional groups in the structure of developed preparations. Based on the results of experimental data, we concluded that new collagen-containing preparations can be used in many sectors of national economy.
Keywords: Сollagen, leather wastes, IR-spectroscopy, properties