Study on the antibacterial properties of leathers tanned with natural tannins and their interactions with shoes inhabiting bacteria
Tannins are high molecular weight polyphenols, naturally synthesised by plants to defend themselves against biotic and abiotic stress factors.
Review of the scientific and technological literature of fungicides in tannery industry: reducing the use and increasing the efficiency of fungicides in the leather industry
One of the main challenges of the tannery industry chain is to reduce the use of biocides and restricted substances and at the same time increase efficiency with the available products.
Natural phenolics preventing aging in leather
Gallic acid esters are a class of polyphenolics that have been found in our previous work to be very suitable antioxidants for leather securely preventing the formation of Cr(VI).