to investigate the characteristics of skin and leather of hairy goats according to their sex and age, 120 goat skins were selected from the western part of iran. results indicated that sex and age had significant effects on weight and area of skin and leather. moreover, sex and age had significant effects on thickness in different parts of skin except the belly. in this regard, the overall mean...

The disposal and treatment of wastes generated in the leather industry has been the focus of several studies around the world. They intend to meet environmental legislation and make the process environmentally and economically viable. The anaerobic digestion process, which occurs in steps that involve acid and methane forming bacteria, can be an alternative since it turns the waste into renewab...

Bifidobacterium longum and Streptomyces peucetius are two totally different bacterial species with respect to environmental conditions and process objective. These were used as model organisms in this study. The objective of the B. longum process was to produce viable biomass suitable for use as food additive. The objective of the S. peucetius process was to produce a medically significant comp...

Conventional ophthalmic dosage forms have lower bioavailability due to many factors like precorneal loss factor, tear dynamics, low residence time etc. Another reason for lower bioavailability is lower permeation of conventional dosage form. This research is based on formulation of liposomal suspension to increase the lipophilic cornea. This liposomal suspension was converted in to hydogel usin...

Leather tanned with different agents was pyrolyzed in the presence of CoCl2 and MnCl2 catalysts. A bovine leather sample two inorganic tanning (chromium titanium salts) organic (glutaraldehyde methylacrylic resin) has been used this study. The samples were soaked solutions or known concentration. influence on decomposition temperature resultant pyrolysis compounds evaluated by using thermogravi...