Applications of Marine-derived Peptides and Proteins in the Food Industry

Abstract

This chapter presents a brief overview of the collagen molecule and the various sources available, before going on to concentrate on the potential of fish to serve as an environmentally conducive, economically viable and immunologically acceptable source of collagen. Collagen biosynthesis has been studied in great detail with regard to the fibrillar collagens. Recombinant collagen, especially type I, has been extensively investigated for drug-delivery and bone, skin, cartilage and periodontal ligament tissue-engineering applications, showing good success rates in laboratory experiments. The chapter presents a comparative analysis of the extraction and characterization of collagen from fish s..