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Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2015, 6, 1468-1478
Published Online November 2015 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/fns
http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/fns.2015.615151
How to cite this paper: Sripriya, R. and Kumar, R. (2015) A Novel Enzymatic Method for Preparation and Characterization of
Collagen Film from Swim Bladder of Fish Rohu (Labeo rohita). Food and Nutrition Sciences, 6, 1468-1478.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/fns.2015.615151
A Novel Enzymatic Method for Preparation
and Characterization of Collagen Film from
Swim Bladder of Fish Rohu (Labeo rohita)
Ramasamy Sripriya1, Ramadhar Kumar2
1Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Bharath University, Chennai, India
2Department of Life Sciences (R&D), Datt Mediproducts Ltd., Gurgaon, India
Received 27 October 2015; accepted 21 November 2015; published 24 November 2015
Copyright © 2015 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc.
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Abstract
A novel enzymatic method for extraction and preparation of fish collagen from swim bladder re-
vealed the occurrence of α, β and γ bands with approximately 12.1 g/100g collagen corresponding
to 89% of collagen and thus confirmed the nativity and purity of the fish collagen. FT-IR studies
confirmed the retention of all three amide bands of I, II and III, and triple helixcity. UN-crosslinked
and UV-crosslinked fish collagen membrane records a very high temperature of helix denatura-
tion at 197˚C and 215˚C, shrinkage temperature at 50˚C ± 3.2˚C and 62˚C ± 2.7˚C and tensile
strength at 16.89 ± 2.5 and 120.02 ± 1.0 Kg/cm2 respectively. Fish collagen matrix promoted NIH
3T3 and L6 cellular growth and proliferation. The study indicates that availability of pure fish col-
lagen could replace bovine collagen in tissue engineering applications.
Keywords
Fish, Swim Bladder Collagen, FT-IR, DSC, Cytocompatibility
1. Introduction
Current work deals with a novel enzymatic method for extraction and preparation of fish collagen (FC) from
discarded swim bladder of Rohu (Labeo rohita). Rohu is a species of the carp family, found in rivers in South
Asia. It is an omnivore. It reaches a maximum length of 2 m (6.6 ft) and a weight of about 110 kg (240 lb). It
may reach even greater weights in the northern part of Nepal. It is an important aquacultured freshwater species
in South Asia. Rohu is very commonly eaten in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan. It is also a very popular
food fish in Iraq.
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Collagen is the major protein of connective tissues and the most abundant protein of animal origin [1]-[3]. For
industrial purposes, collagen is extracted mainly from skins and bones of cattle and pigs skins and has been
widely used in the pharmaceutical, food, healthcare, and cosmetic industries [4] [5]. However, the incidence of
diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or the popular “mad cow”), and foot and mouth dis-
ease has raised concerns about safe use of animal proteins. In addition, the collagen extracted from pigs cannot
be used due to religious barriers. For this reason, interest in alternative sources of collagens, which present no
health and social risks, has expanded [6]. The other source found for collagen extraction includes skin, bone, fin
and scales of fresh water and marine fish, chicken skin, bull frog skin, squid skin, octopus arms and marine
sponge [7]-[9]. Among collagen alternatives, fish provided the best source of raw material because of its high
availability, no risk of disease transmission, and no religious barriers [10]. Collagens from fish skin or swim
bladders which are the waste products in fish processing, may be good substitutes, because of their safety and
solubility in neutral salt solutions and dilute acids. Fish collagen is absorbed up to 1.5 times more efficiently into
the body, meaning that it has superior bioavailability over bovine or porcine types. Because it is absorbed more
efficiently and enters the bloodstream more quickly, it is considered to be the best source of collagen for phar-
maceutical applications. Moreover, 75% of the total weight of fish is discarded as wastes in the form of skins,
bones, fins, heads, guts, scales and bladder during processing [11]. If we can reutilize fish processing wastes for
the production of collagen-like biomaterials, it may increase the economic value of the fish and fish processing
industry. The parts of collagen that are attributed to its immunogenicity namely telopeptides, are eliminated in
the process of atelocollagen production. Therefore atelocollagen possesses little immunogenicity [12]. Chemical
treatments confer remarkably high strength and stability to collagen matrix but may result in potential cytotoxic-
ity or poor biocompatibility [13], while physical treatment has no cytotoxicity and can provide sufficient stabili-
ty [14] [15]. The properties of biocompatibility and biodegradation of fish atelocollagen are some of the features
that enable the fish collagen to be considered as suitable for the scaffold in tissue engineering, though these
phenomena strongly depend on the procedures for crosslinking [16]. If substantial amounts of collagen could be
obtained from fish wastes (scale, skin and bone), they would provide an alternative source to bovine collagen in
food, cosmetics and biomedical materials.
There are studies that have focused on extraction procedures and characterization of fish-based collagens [5]
[9]. In general, the collagen from fish skins and bladder was extracted by soaking them in NaOH for a minimum
duration of 36 hrs with stirring followed by defatting using alcohol solution. After defatting the tissue shall be
suspended in acid and enzyme treatment shall be given for 3 days. Finally the fish collagen shall be collected by
salt precipitation followed by centrifugation. Therefore the extraction procedures so far reported for collagen
extraction was time-consuming taking a minimum of three days for homogenization, two more days for swelling
in NaOH and further a minimum of 2 - 3 days for enzyme treatment which is followed by salt precipitation and
centrifugation. In contrast, the extraction method reported in the current study is a simple and novel method de-
veloped to extract pure fish collagen from the swim bladder. The pure fish collagen thus obtained was reconsti-
tuted in the form of a film and crosslinked by UV irradiation to enhance its thermo-stability. The fish collagen
from the swim bladder was further characterized for its physico-chemical and biological properties. Its biologi-
cal properties are reported for the first time to validate the use of swim bladder extracted collagen application as
a biocompatible polymeric material with potential applications as injectables in coating cardiovascular prosthe-
ses, support for cell growth and in systems for wound dressing with controlled drug delivery.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Extraction of Fish Collagen
The swim bladders were collected from the fresh water fish Rohu (Labeo rohita) from the local fish market,
Chennai, India and they were cut into very fine pieces of random sizes with surgical blade and were suspended
overnight in 1× antibiotic-antimycotic solution (Invitrogen). The fish collagen was thus extracted from the fish
swim bladder tissues by following a procedure reported earlier with slight modification [17] (Figure 1). In brief,
the pieces of the swim bladder were washed by using 0.3% w/v of Triton X-100, a non-ionic surfactant and were
suspended in 0.3% w/w of sodium peroxide solution for 3 hrs followed by washing with Milli Q water. The re-
sultant tissue was further treated with enzyme pepsin (0.3% w/w in distilled water, pH 2.5 - 3.0) for 10 - 12 hrs.
Pepsin solubilized fish collagen was further purified by differential salt precipitation (NaCl up to 2.5 molL−1),
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Figure 1. Flow chart of the procedure adopted for extraction of collagen from swim blader.
followed by centrifugation, washing, and lyophilization. The obtained fish collagen (without any further purifi-
cation) was used for further studies viz. biological, physico-chemical characterization and membrane preparation.
All the processes were performed at 4˚C and used ice cold water wherever required.
2.2. Preparation of Fish Collagen Film
The lyophilized fish collagen was dissolved in Millipore water (0.06 µs purity) acidified to pH 3.5 using HCl to
get a pure collagen solution. The fish collagen solution was degassed and the clear solution was allowed to dry
in Teflon troughs kept in a dust-free chamber and maintained at a temperature of 20˚C ± 5˚C. The fish collagen
membranes were crosslinked by UV (NUV) radiation (wavelength, 365 nm) for 3 hrs.
2.3. Estimation of Hydroxyproline
Hydroxyproline of collagen from the swim bladder of the fish collagen was estimated to quantify the collagen
purity by using the method of Neuman & Logan [18] which gives a correlation between collagen content and
hydroxyproline content.
2.4. Gel Electrophoresis
Sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of the fish collagen samples was
done by using Laemmli method [19]. The lyophilized fish collagen samples were dissolved in sample buffer and
incubated for 30 minutes at 65˚C. The supernatant sample without residues was loaded onto 8% separating gel.
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The SDS-PAGE gel was stained with 0.25% Coomassie brilliant blue R-250 containing 25% ethanol and 10%
acetic acid and destained with 5% methanol and 7.5% acetic acid.
2.5. Differential Scanning Calorimetric (DSC) Studies
DSC studies on the fish collagen film were performed by using universal V4.4A TA instruments at 24˚C and
65% R. H. Fish collagen membranes (un-crosslinked & crosslinked) were shielded in aluminium containers and
heated at a rate of 10˚C per minute from 0˚C to 300˚C in N2 atmosphere and the thermograms were recorded.
2.6. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) Studies
Collagen-potassium bromide pellets was prepared by powdering lyophilized fish collagen with potassium bro-
mide and further subjected to FTIR studies by using a Thermo Nicolet avatar 320 FTIR spectrometer (Nicolet
Instrument Con., Madison, WI). The spectra of the fish collagen were recorded in the range of 400 to 4000 cm−1
at 25˚C.
2.7. Studies of Shrinkage Temperature
The shrinkage temperature of the fish collagen membranes was measured in micro shrinkage meter fitted with a
field microscope. Fish collagen membrane cut into the size of 1 sq·cm, in distilled water was placed on the wet
surface (distilled water) of a micro slide and the temperature of the slide was raised slowly by 1˚C/min and the
shrinkage of the fish collagen membrane was determined through the microscope. The temperature at which the
fish collagen membrane shrinks approximately half to its original size was taken it as the shrinkage temperature.
2.8. Studies of Tensile Strength
The fish collagen membrane was cut into 16 mm dumbbells with 5.15 mm inner width and immersed in distilled
water for 30 min and the tensile force were applied at an extension rate of 10 mm/min. The ends of the fish col-
lagen membrane were held by pneumatic grips (40 psi grip pressure) and the tensile strengths of the collagen
membranes were tested by Instron series II Automated Materials Testing System.
2.9. Biological Characterization and Culture of Cell Lines
Biological characterization of the fish collagen was performed by evaluating the degree of cell proliferation,
growth and morphological examinations of mouse embryonic fibroblasts (NIH 3T3) and L6 myocytes cell lines.
3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium (MTT) assay was performed to evaluate the degree of cell
proliferation [20] as viable cells with active metabolism convert MTT into a purple colored formazan product.
The quantity of formazan (presumably directly proportional to the number of viable cells) is measured by re-
cording changes in absorbance at 630 nm using a plate reading spectrophotometer [21]. All cell lines (NIH 3T3
& L6 myocytes) were obtained from National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, India and the cell cultures
were maintained in DMEM with 10% fetal calf serum (FCS) supplemented with penicillin (120 units/ml), strep-
tomycin (75 mg/ml), gentamycin (160 mg/ml) and amphotericin B (3 mg/ml) at 37˚C with 5% CO2.
2.10. Experimental Design for Cytoproliferative Effects of Collagen Matrix
The cytoproliferative effects of the fish collagen matrix and polystyrene were determined. Polystyrene cell cul-
ture plates were coated with 0.5% fish collagen solution and dried under a laminar air flow hood followed by
UV sterilization. The uncoated wells were used as control. The cells were seeded at the density of 2 × 104 per
well and were incubated at 37˚C in a humidified atmosphere containing 5% CO2. In all cell culture conditions,
the fresh cell culture medium was renewed every day. After 24 and 48 hrs of incubation, the supernatant of each
well was replaced with MTT diluted in serum-free medium and the cell culture plates were incubated at 37˚C for
3 hrs. After aspirating the MTT solution, acid isopropanol (0.04 N HCl in isopropanol) was added to each well
and pipetted up and down to dissolve all of the dark blue crystals and then left at room temperature for a few
minutes to ensure all crystals are dissolved. Finally, absorbance (optical density) was measured at 630 nm by
using a UV spectrophotometer. Each experiment was repeated at least three times. The sets of three wells for the
MTT assay were used for each experimental variant.
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2.11. Statistical Analysis
The results of the current study are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). Data obtained from
the current study were analysed by student’s t-test and differences at the 95% level were considered to be statis-
tically significant.
3. Results
3.1. Hydroxyproline Content of Fish Collagen
The hydroxyproline content of the extracted fish collagen protein mass was found to be approximately 12.1
g/100g collagen which corresponds to more than 89% purity of collagen in the extracted mass.
3.2. Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of Fish Collagen
The extracted pure fish collagen from swim bladder was characterised by SDS-PAGE (8%) gel. The electro-
phoretic pattern of the protein sample of the fish swim bladder (Labeo rohita) is shown in Figure 2. The fish
collagen constituted largely of α with a considerable amount of β (dimer) and γ (trimer) band. Two α bands cor-
responding to α1 and α2, which were the unfolding polypeptide chains of the triple helix of the fish collagen.
3.3. Differential Scanning Calorimetric (DSC) Studies
Both un-crosslinked and UV crosslinked fish collagen membrane obtained in the current study were analyzed
for their thermal stability by DSC for which the samples were heated from 0˚C to 300˚C and the thermograms
recorded and illustrated (Figure 3 and Figure 4). In the case of un-crosslinked fish collagen, the endothermic
peak observed at 84˚C could be attributed to water loss/evaporation and the occurrence of another peak around
197˚C reflected the melting temperature of the fish collagen due to helix denaturation (Figure 3) whereas in UV
crosslinked fish collagen membrane, the water loss was observed near 110˚C and helix denaturation occurred
around 215˚C (Figure 4).
3.4. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) Studies of Fish Collagen Matrix
The FT-IR spectrum (Figure 5) of the fish collagen obtained in the present study showed the presence and re-
tention of all major three amide band viz. I, II, and III at the region of 1636 - 1661 cm−1, 1549 - 1558 cm−1 and
Figure 2. SDS-PAGE electrophoretogram of the fish colla-
gen sample shows the occurrence of band pattern of α, β and
γ isomers. No other major protein bands were observed.
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Figure 3. Differential scanning calorimetric scan of fish collagen recorded using calorimeter
(DSC 204) with collagen membrane shielded in aluminium containers in the temperature
range of −5˚C and 200˚C in the N2 atmosphere is showed in the figure. The DSC scan shows
an endothermic peak at 84˚C attributed to water loss/evaporation. The occurrence of another
peak around 197˚C reflected the melting temperature of the fish collagen due to helix dena-
turation.
Figure 4. Differential scanning calorimetric Scan of UV-crosslinked fish collagen recorded
using calorimeter (DSC 204) with collagen membrane shielded in aluminium containers in
the temperature range of −5˚C and 200˚C in the N2 atmosphere is shown in the figure. The
DSC scan records endothermic peak at 110˚C attributed to water loss and helix denaturation
around 215˚C.
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Figure 5. Fourier transform infrared spectrum of fish collagen recorded using collagen films through Nicolet 2DDKB FTIR
spectrometer at 25˚C using OMNIC (Version 6.0) software is shown in the figure. The FT-IR spectra show the secondary
structure of the fish collagen proteins as amide I, amide II and amide III band. The ratio of IR absorption intensity between
1237 cm−1 (amide III) and 1450 cm−1 (amide II) band was approximately equal to 1.0, which confirms the triple helical
structure of collagen.
1200 - 1300 cm−1 which in turn validated the integrity of the proteins in the conformation of the collagen mole-
cules. While the peak situated in the range of 670 - 640 cm−1 in the fish collagen can be attributed to the C-S
stretching vibrations. The protein band occurring close to 1450 cm−1 is probably associated with C-H bending
modes and the amide-A band (NH stretching), was observed at 3400 cm−1.
3.5. Shrinkage Temperature Analysis
The shrinkage temperature of the un-crosslinked fish collagen membrane records at 50˚C ± 3.2˚C whereas the
UV crosslinked collagen showed shrinkage temperature at 62˚C ± 2.7˚C.
3.6. Tensile Strength Analysis
The mean tensile strength of un-crosslinked fish collagen membrane records at 16.89 ± 2.5 Kg/cm2 whereas, the
UV crosslinked fish collagen membrane shows 120.02 ± 1.0 Kg/cm2 executing the increased strength of the
biomaterial fish collagen membrane after crosslinking.
3.7. Cytoproliferative Effects of Fish Collagen Matrix
In the present study, we used the mouse embryonic fibroblasts (NIH 3T3) and rat myoblasts (L6) to observe the
degree of cellular growth and proliferation on fish collagen matrices and polystyrene surface. Interestingly, we
found that the rate of proliferation of both L6 and NIH3T3 was relatively more in comparison to control (Figure
6) with good morphology of cells in the cell culture as observed under a phase contrast inverted microscope
(Figure 7). Moreover, L6 myoblasts proliferation and differentiation into myotubes was more pronounced on
collagen matrix (data not shown).
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Figure 6. Degree of cellular proliferation of both L6 and NIH3T3 evaluated
by MTT assay and results were evaluated after 24 and 48 hrs of incubation as
shown in the figure. The rate of proliferation of both L6 and NIH3T3 was
relatively more in comparison to control. Bars represent mean ± SEM of five
wells (p < 0.05).
Figure 7. Microscopic images (×200) of NIH 3T3 fibroblasts (A) on polys-
tyrene (control) substratum, (B) on fish collagen substratum; L6 myoblasts
(C) on polystyrene substratum, (D) on fish collagen substratum. Cellular pro-
liferation with good morphology of cells in the cell culture as observed under
a phase contrast inverted microscope. The scale bar used is 30 µm.
4. Discussion
On the basis of the amino acid analysis of the fish collagen, the quantity of hydroxyproline is present to the ex-
tent of 12.8 g/100g of collagen [22] or approximately 13% of its weight [23]. The current study showed hy-
droxyproline value which is comparable with reported values indicating that the collagen extracted from the fish
swim bladder is of high purity. The occurrence of the pattern of α, β and γ isomers of the fish collagen and no
other major protein bands were observed indicating the nativity of the extracted fish collagen. The pattern of α, β
and γ isomers of the fish collagen from the current study compares favourably with the electrophoretic pattern
reported earlier [16], for the fish collagen from swim bladder of catfish (Tachysurus maculatus). DSC values
obtained in the present study are relatively higher than the DSC values of tropical fishes: i.e. fish collagen from
fish such as Arius parkeri (Gurijuba), Cynoscion acoupa (Pescada Amarela) and Cynoscion leiarchus (Pescada
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Branca) showed difference in their denaturation temperature ranging from 65.9˚C to 74.8˚C [6]. Thus the in-
creased temperature for water loss in UV crosslinked fish collagen could have been due to tightly bound water
molecules with collagen as a result of crosslinking. Swim bladder collagen-chitosan of cat fish records thermal
decomposition by thermo gravimetric analysis at 209˚C for un-crosslinked and 240˚C for glutraldehyde cros-
slinked collagen indicating the crosslinking lead to thermo stability [16]. Moreover thermostability of fish col-
lagen from the internal tissues (swim bladders and bones) was slightly higher than that of pepsin solubilized
collagen from the external tissues (fins, scales and skins) [24]. Collagen film prepared from bovine serosa regis-
tered a denaturation temperature range from 55.23˚C to 80.55˚C [25] [26]. Moreover the thermal stability of the
fish collagen depends on several factors like physiological temperature of the fish, species to which it belongs
and has direct correlation with imino acid (proline and hydroxyproline) content. Triple helical structure of the
collagen molecule is more stable with higher imino acid content as these facilitate intra and intermolecular cros-
slinking [27]. The denaturation of the fish collagen membrane also depends on the factors like solvent used, io-
nic strength, pH and humidity. The results of the current study indicated that the extracted fish collagen to exhi-
bit good thermal stability which increased significantly after crosslinking. There are also interesting conse-
quences of variation in denaturation temperature with variation in temperature of their living environment. The
deep sea fishes have lower denaturation temperature in comparison to fresh water fish therefore the isolated type
I collagen from fish swim bladder may find wide biomedical application due to its high denaturation tempera-
ture. FT-IR has been shown to be useful tool for testing unknown biological materials such as fish collagen that
might have been altered, and moreover it relies on objective criteria such as changes of the IR absorption fre-
quency and intensity in various functional groups of biological molecules. The usefulness of FT-IR spectroscopy
has also been demonstrated by determining the secondary structure of the fish collagen proteins as amide I,
amide II and amide III band. The exact frequencies of these stretching vibrations can be noted for amide I which
depends upon the strength of the hydrogen bond to the carbonyl oxygen and the environment dictated by the lo-
cal peptide conformation. Amide A band is almost symmetric, suggesting that the amount of water present in the
fish collagen must be low. The ratio of IR absorption intensity between 1237 cm−1 (amide III) and 1450 cm−1
(amide II) band was approximately equal to 1.0, which confirms the triple helical structure of collagen. The
measurement of fish collagen shrinkage by a micro-shrinkage apparatus has been shown to be a useful research
tool, relating to gross tissue changes to events occurring at the molecular structural level, and the temperature of
isotonic contraction (shrinkage temperature) could be used to investigate these molecular changes. Shrinkage of
the fish collagen occurs as a result of hydrothermal denaturation of the collagen protein molecules and is moni-
tored with a micro-shrinkage apparatus. Thus the present study has shown that the shrinkage temperature of the
fish collagen membrane is also known to be influenced by different factors, most of which appear to be influ-
enced by the number and nature of crosslinking interactions between adjacent polypeptide chains of the protein
molecules. The increased strength of the crosslinked fish collagen membrane is due to the UV irradiation that in
turn could have promoted bonds formation between free radicals generated on aromatic amino-acid residues as
reported by Cooper & Davidson [28] and Fujimori [29]. The current study has thus confirmed the usefulness of
collagen in promoting the proliferation and differentiation of the cells in culture. The use of collagen-based
biomaterials has been reported on several occasions in the literature to aid in biomedical implant or as a coating
material, wound healing and in reconstructive surgery [30] [31] due to which it occupies prominent position in
the field of tissue engineering. Collagen substrates have been shown to influence proliferation, migration, and
differentiation of a number of cell types in vitro [32]. The cell proliferation and viability of live cells were
measured by the MTT assay which determines the active mitochondrial enzymes present in the viable cell which
in turn utilizes the MTT as substrate, converting it to a coloured (Formazan) product. In contrast dead cells does
not have the ability to convert MTT into formazan, thus colour formation serves as a useful and convenient
marker of only the viable cells. It is a colorimetric assay in which the degree of absorbance of Formazon directly
reflects the number of viable cells. Cell attachment, proliferation and differentiation depend on the nature of the
matrix and cell type [33] [34].
5. Conclusion
The current study has shown the novelty of the preparation method by its retention of nativity, purity, triple he-
lixcity, biocompatibility and very high thermal stability of fish collagen extracted from the swim bladder of
fishes which are normally left as waste materials as an alternate source of collagen for industrial purposes. The
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fish collagen extracted by the current novel method resembles in many ways with the more widely studied col-
lagen of mammals in its physico-chemical properties and thus shows potential as a cell substrate, suggesting the
possibility of use as a source collagen for pharmaceutical and biomedical application.
Acknowledgements
The authors Dr. R. Sripriya and Dr. Ramadhar Kumar dedicate this research article to Late Dr. P. K. Sehgal,
(Chief Scientist, Central Leather Research Institute), for his valuable guidance, inspiration, coaching and enthu-
siasm and they gratefully acknowledge the Council of Scientific Research (CSIR) for financial support at the
Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai 600020, India. We acknowledge Sree Balaji Medical Col-
lege & Hospital (SBMCH), Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research for extending the research facil-
ities to complete the work.
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