Antimicrobial activity of Myrobalan (<i>Terminalia chebula</i> Retz.) nuts: Application in raw skin preservation for leather making

Abstract

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family: " times="" new="" roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";mso-bidi-font-family:="" mangal;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:="" hi"="" lang="EN-US">The antimicrobial property of some plant materials is useful as an eco-benign option. The combination of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Terminalia Chebula</i> Retz. nuts powder (MP) and common salt (CS) has been employed for better action. The synergistic composition involving MP and CS in 1:1 ratio with 10 % each (% w/w<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> </i>of raw skin) could provide <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">short term preservation of raw skin/hide up to 45 days without any degradation of skin. About 40-50 % (% w/w based on raw skin weight) CS is employed for short term preservation of raw hides/skins in leather processing. The present method based on natural products avoids CS by 75 % and reduces significant total dissolved solids content / salinity in wastewater.</span></span>