Effective Extraction of Keratin from Human Hair Under Mild Conditions Using DES Based on Choline Chloride and Ethanolamine

December 2023 in “ ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ”

Junlei Wang, Zhenzhen Zhao, Hanmeng Yuan, Hongshuai Gao, Yi Nie

TLDR Keratin can be successfully taken from human hair using a mix of choline chloride and ethanolamine.

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