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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1978
Hisayuki Matsuda, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Minoru Takahashi, Uji, JP;
Katsuro Shinoda, Suita, JP;
Sho Kikyotani, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Inagaki, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Sekisui Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A process for producing a reduced keratinous substance having a high adsorptive power for cationic substances, which comprises reducing a substance containing keratin as a main ingredient under alkaline conditions to cleave the disulfide linkages of the keratin, dissolving the reduced keratin in an aqueous medium containing urea or thiourea in a concentration of less than 5 moles/liter, and then acidifying the resulting solution to precipitate the dissolved reduced keratin under such conditions that the thiol side-chains present in the reduced keratin do not substantially undergo oxidation. The reduced keratinous substance is especially useful as a heavy metal ion capturing agent.