An eco-friendly method for short term preservation of skins/hides using Semecarpus anacardium nut extract
| Autor: | Vilvanathan Sangeethapriya, Lonchin Suguna, Thangavel Ponrasu, Vinaya Subramani Gayathri, Kuttalam Iyappan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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biology Plant Extracts Chemistry Goats Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Anacardium Tanning General Medicine Pulp and paper industry biology.organism_classification Total dissolved solids Pollution Environmentally friendly Semecarpus Botany Animals Nuts Environmental Chemistry Semecarpus anacardium Antibacterial activity Effluent Curing (chemistry) Skin |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 20:6324-6330 |
| ISSN: | 1614-7499 0944-1344 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11356-013-1683-0 |
| Popis: | Preservation or curing of hides and skins is performed as the primary step of leather processing. Common salt is employed as the conventional agent for curing purpose. Use of salt enhances the pollution load of tannery effluent which becomes highly contaminated with increased total dissolved solids and chlorides. To overcome this hurdle, researchers are in constant search of alternative preservation techniques which are either totally void of salt or use only a meager amount of salt. In the present study, we had explored the possibility of using Semecarpus anacardium nut extract as an alternative to salt for the curing process by assessing different parameters like hair slip, putrefaction odor, volatile nitrogen content, moisture content, bacterial count, and shrinkage temperature in comparison to the salt curing method. The antibacterial property of the plant extract was also investigated. The results obtained substantiated that the nut extract of S. anacardium effectively could preserve the skins for more than a month, by its antibacterial activity along with the dehydrating property of acetone. |
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