supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32070579 and 32370664 to Z.Y.,31871449 and 32170813 to J.C.);the Natural Science Foundation of Henan(222300420067 to Z.Y.);State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution Grant(GREKF20-13 to Z.Y);Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program(2022cxcy568,2022cxcy717 and 2023cxcy475 to Z.Y.);the 1.3·5 project for disciplines of excellence of West China Hospital,Sichuan University(ZYGD23026 and 2024HXFH035);Science and Technologyy Department of Sichuan province(2024NSFSC0651).
The evolution of light-skin pigmentation among Eurasians is considered as an adaptation to the high-latitude environments.East Asians are ideal populations for studying skin color evolution because of the complex envi...
supported by National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFC2103800);the Technical Development Project of Sichuan University(No.22H0798);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
The utilization of chelation reaction between metals and tannins is a common tanning method in leather chemistry.Herein,a novel combination tanning mechanism inspired environmentally benign catalyst(CMBT-Fe^(0))was sy...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31872969,No.31930102).
Insect cuticle is an apical extracellular matrix produced by the epidermis,tracheal,hind-and foregut epithelia during embryogenesis and renewed during molting and metamorphosis.However,the underlying regulatory mechan...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(21978177,22178230)is gratefully acknowledged.
Restrictions on heavy metals,especially chromium,have encouraged alternative tanning systems that can reduce environmental and human health risks from conventional chrome-based tanning.In this work,metal-free combinat...
J.J.E.M.is grateful to the International Foundation for Sciences(IFS)[grant numbers Grant No.J/5528-1]for financial support involved in the plant collection.
In the present study,the tannins from stem and root barks of Tessmannia burttii Harms(Caesalpiniaceae),a plant species abundantly growing in Tanzania and other parts of Africa,were investigated for their suitability i...
This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21376153);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University of China,and Sichuan University-Zschimmer&Schwarz CmbH&Co.KG Scholarships(2020).
Silicic acid,commonly derived from cheap and easily available sodium silicate,has recently received great attention for application in leather industry to produce ecological leather with a cleaner approach.However,lea...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32070502,31730074,32072419 and 31501905).
The mutant efficiency and hatching ratio are two key factors that significantly affect the construction of genome-modified mutant insects.In the construction of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated dsLmRNase2^(–/–)mutant locusts,we...
Collagen powder hydrolysates were reacted with a solution of commercial mimosa bark tannin extract.The mixture was prepared at ambient temperature and prepared at 80°C to determine what reactions,if any,did occur bet...
This research assessed the effect of incorporating condensed tannin-rich pine bark (PB) and sericea lespedeza (SL) into meat goats’ diets on carcass traits, chemical composition, and meat quality of goat meat (chevon...
funded by the World Bank,Ghana Government,RWESCK and KNUST.
The production of leather from animal skins and hides through tanning processes began in the pre-historic ages.Despite the origination of new leather making techniques such as chrome tanning which is being employed ex...