Freshly flayed wet-salted goatskins and cowhides were
used for dehairing experiments. SPIC Biodart (a bacterial
protease based commercial dehairing enzyme) from Southern
Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd., Chennai,
India was used in the enzyme-assisted dehairing process.
Chemicals used in leather processing and biochemical analysis
were of commercial and analytical grade, respectively.
Protease used for enzymatic dehairing was obtained from