Interaction of glyoxal with collagenous matrix and its behavioral aspects for non-toxic and sustainable tanning system

Sustainable leather processing is viable through conventional organic tanning processing that provides scopes for quality to match with the chrome-tanned leathers. Hence, there is a need to develop sustainable tanning technology for leather processing. Glyoxal alone and in combination with wattle extract has been tried to establish a new tanning system. Glyoxal as the solo-tanning agent, optimized at the level of 5%, can produce shrinkage...