Studies on the preparation of soft leathers from Himantura (FamilyDasyatidae) stingray skins and their applications in foot and hand reflexology

32nd Congress of the International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemist Societies, IULTCS 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Karthikeyan, R ^a   Chandra Babu, N K ^a   Mandal, A B ^a   Sehgal, P K ^a  

^a CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Denticles; Fish leather; Reflexology; Stingray

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMINERALIZATION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; FISH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TANNING;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS; DENTICLES; LEATHER PROCESSING; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES; REFLEXOLOGY; STINGRAY;

LEATHER;

EID: 84908388456     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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