Application of Commercial Essential Oils of Eucalyptus and Lavender as Natural Preservative for Leather Tanning Industry
| Author(s) | |
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Širvaitytė, Justa | Kauno technologijos universitetas |
Valeika, Virgilijus | Kauno technologijos universitetas |
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2011-09-01 |
The aim of the study was to investigate the possibility to use the commercial essential oils of Eucalyptus globulus and Lavandulae officinalis as alternative preservatives for various tanned leather. The analyses have shown the differences between commercial essential oils from different producers. It was determined that these differences did not have influence on antibacterial activity of essential oils or their mixture with leather fatliqouring emulsion. As a main result of this study, it is concluded that selected commercial essential oils can be used as preservation agents in leather tanning industry. The received results have shown that leather preserved with 2-(thiocyanomthylthio)benzothiazole (TCMTB) have weaker protection after 24 weeks comparing with the samples treated with essential oil of Lavandulae officinalis.