FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (7): 260-263.

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Extraction of Cystine from Tannery Waste Wool

 LI  Wen-Xin, WEI  Jun-Fa, LIAO  Jun   

  1. 1.School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, China; 2.College of Resources and Environment, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710021, China
  • Online:2007-07-15 Published:2011-10-24

Abstract: The technique of extracting cystine from the tannery waste wool was studied. The effects of pretreatment, acid hydrolysis and decoloring on the yield of the wool cystine were studied. The optimum conditions of extracting cystine were confirmed, as follows: the waste wool pretreatment conditions are pH10, alkali solution temperature 50 ℃ and dry temperature 80 ℃; the waste wool hydrolysis conditions are hydrochloric acid concentration 32%, acid to hairs ratio 1.8:1, hydrolysis temperature 120 ℃, and hydrolysis time 8 h. The determination results indicated that the product accords with the standard.

Key words: wool, cystine, acid hydrolysis