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AActivated charcoal, 45Active parent compound. See Kinetic phaseActive transport, 6Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), 9, 10, 94Adsorption potential, 63Ageing, 4, 5Aldehydes, 8, 9Alternate electron acceptor, 50Anaerobic activity, 22Anaerobic lagoons, 22, 39, 42, 45, 46, 53, 55,

96, 104, 105, 107–109, 113, 116, 124, 125

Analytical method, 4, 75, 125, 130Anthropogenic, 3, 22, 27, 128Antidotes, 3Aquatic systems, 31, 51, 61, 97, 130Arid conditions, 20Assimilation, 4, 46ATP. See Adenosine triphosphateAzodyes, 18, 61

BBacillus circulans, 28Bacillus coagulans, 29Bacillus megaterium, 28, 29Bating, 3, 21Bioaccumulation, 5–6, 30Bioavailabity, 4–6, 30, 31, 37, 46, 75, 80, 83,

93, 126, 128Biochemical assays, 6–9Biochemical degradation, 50Biochemical response, 63.

See also Dynamic phaseBiodegradable, 5

Biodegradable organic matter, 22Biological oxygen demand (BOD), 48, 50,

54–56, 96, 98, 101–103, 105, 113, 117, 126, 127

Biological system, 4, 92, 95Biological technique, 4, 36Bioluminescence, 7–8, 36, 39–45, 47, 50, 51,

76–78, 80, 81, 93, 96, 98, 107–109, 111, 126

Biomagnification, 5–6Biomass activity, 9–11, 50, 94–95, 97, 110,

112, 117Bioreceptor, 6, 8Bioremediation, 31, 37, 46, 76, 123, 124Biosensors, 6–9, 11, 36–39, 47, 74–84, 95, 96,

108, 110, 123–126, 128, 130Biosphere, 3Biotic(s), 3, 50, 93, 107BOD. See Biological oxygen demandBTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene,

xylene), 37

CCadmium compounds, 18, 61Calibration curve, 51, 56Catabolic, 4, 30Cellular hypoxia, 22Chemical species, 4Chlorinated phenols, 3, 9, 17, 18, 21, 29–31,

35, 46Chrome tanning, 2, 21Chromium, 2, 3, 5, 17, 18, 21, 23–29, 36, 46,

62, 63, 65, 66, 82, 90, 101, 103, 106, 117, 123, 125, 126.

Chromium basic sulphate, 3, 21, 23, 90

Index

138 Index

Chromium in the environment, 5, 25–28, 103

Chromium in the water systems, 26Chromium salts, 3, 21, 23–25, 82.

See also Chromium basic sulphateClothing leather, 3Coagulation, 45Collagenous Protein, 3, 21Colloidal materials, 45, 110.

See also Particulate matterCometabolism, 30Condensed tannins, 3, 21.

See also Hydrolysable tanninContaminants, 4–6, 8, 18, 30, 31, 36, 37, 65,

66, 75, 76, 80, 83, 89, 91, 95, 97, 99, 100, 102, 103, 106, 110, 112, 113, 116–118, 123–130

Conventional tanning, 3, 21Covalent interactions, 23Curing, 1, 20, 22, 29

DDaphnia magna, 11, 12, 51–54, 97, 98, 106,

107, 127, 130Daphnia test, 11, 12, 51–54, 98Dechromification, 27Dehydrogenase (DHA), 9–11, 36, 43, 47–51,

94, 97, 98, 111, 112, 126Dehydrogenase test. See DehydrogenaseDeliming, 3, 45, 55, 101, 105Deoxygenation, 4Detoxified metabolite, 62.

See also Kinetic phaseDHA. See DehydrogenaseDiagnostic trend, 3–5Dissolved matter, 3, 4, 21Dissolved oxygen, 22, 50, 54–56, 126Dose response, 75Dust slurry, 77Dust terminal velocities, 69, 71Dynamic phase, 62–66

EE. coli HB101 pUCD607, 36, 38–49, 80, 83,

97, 106, 108, 110, 123, 126–130Ecological effects, 35, 90, 91, 93, 94, 103,

110–111, 127, 130Ecological Quantitative Risk Assessment

(EQRA), 91

Ecological risk assessment (ERA), 35, 36, 89–118, 127, 130

Ecotoxicity potential, 3, 21Ecotoxicology, 3–5, 11, 80Effluent treatment, 39, 45, 55, 92, 96, 105,

108, 110, 116, 124, 125, 127Effluents, 1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 18, 20, 22, 26, 28, 29, 31, 36–38, 46, 50–52, 54, 65, 76, 90, 91, 93, 95–98, 101–108, 110–113, 116–118, 123–130

Environmental audit, 35Environmental impact assessment (EIA), 4Environmental matrices, 4, 30, 61Environmental regulations, 2EQRA. See Ecological Quantitative Risk

AssessmentEukaryotes (luc), 7Eukaryotic cellular matrices, 83Eutrophication, 101Exchangeable cations, 5, 75

FFiltration, 37, 39, 45, 46, 113, 126Flaying, 1Flocculation, 45Formaldehyde resins, 18, 62

GGeneral sedimentations, 45, 55, 96, 105,

107, 108

HHazard identification, 99–101Heavy leather, 2Hides, 1, 2, 9, 20, 29, 55, 56, 90, 101,

105, 106Hydrogen sulphide, 22–23, 101Hydrolysable tannings, 3, 21

IImage analysis techniques, 63, 74Inhibition of chlorophyll, 29Inhibition of cytochrome oxidase, 22Inorganic residual compounds, 3, 21Iodonitrotetrazolium formazan (INTF), 51Ionic strength, 4, 22

139Index

KKinetic phase, 62–63

LLeather, 1–3, 21, 61, 66, 69, 89, 92, 100, 101,

105, 112, 116, 124, 130Lethal dose (LD), 52–54, 107–109, 111Ligands, 24, 27, 63, 80, 82Light emission intensity, 36.

See also BioluminescenceLight leather, 2Liming, 3, 20–22, 45, 55, 99, 105Luciferase, 8, 9Luciferins, 8Lux CDABE, 39

MMatrix pH, 75Metabolic, 4, 5, 8, 10, 23, 80, 125Microscopy, 66, 68, 124Minimum settling times, 69Monte Carlo, 63, 73–75, 80, 92, 123, 124Multiwell test plates, 52

NNarcotic effects, 45Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, 29Neonates, 12, 51, 52Nitrate redutase activity, 29

OObjectionable odours, 90Observable effects, 63.

See also Dynamic phaseOperon L, 7, 8Operon R, 7, 8Organic matter, 3, 22, 25, 26, 31, 46, 48,

50, 90Organism, 4–6, 8–10, 17, 22, 30, 35, 75, 80,

83, 92–94, 96, 97, 105, 106, 117, 125, 126, 128

Oxidoreductase enzyme. See Dehydrogenase

PParticulate matter, 45, 51, 66, 71, 72, 76, 125Passive diffusion, 6

PCB. See Polychlorinated BiphenylPelts, 101Pentachlorophenol’s (PCP), 29, 30, 61, 62Pesticides, 3, 7, 18, 21, 36, 66, 90, 105pH adjustment, 37, 39–42, 46, 126Physicochemical characteristics, 4Pickling, 3, 21, 101Pollutant concentration, 4, 78Pollutants, 2–6, 9, 10, 17–31, 36, 50, 61, 65,

75, 78, 80, 82–84, 90, 93–95, 99, 101, 110–111, 113, 126–130

Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB), 18, 62Polyphenolic structure, 21Potential chemical and gaseous

contaminants, 100Preservation phase, 19–20. See also CuringPrimary reactions, 63.

See also Dynamic phaseProkaryote (lux), 7Protonophoric mechanisms, 45

QQRA. See Quantitative risk assessmentQuantitative analysis, 28, 36Quantitative risk assessment (QRA), 92

RRecycling, 2, 21, 113Redox potential, 5, 25Reporter genes, 7, 8, 36Retanning, 3Rhizobium leguminosarum, 30, 106Rhizopus nigricans, 28, 29Riboflavin mononucleotide, 8Risk characterization, 35, 90, 93,

111–112, 130Rural tanning, 3, 21

SSalinity, 22, 103Salt, 2, 3, 10, 19–25, 27, 36, 61, 82, 95, 101Salted hides and skins, 20Sample digestion, 54Shoe upper, 3Skins, 1–3, 5, 12, 19, 20, 26, 29, 56, 62, 90,

99, 101, 105Soaking, 3, 19–20, 45, 55, 99, 101, 105Sodium hydroxide, 39

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Sole leather, 3Solid phase, 76–78, 80–82, 124, 125Solubility of metals, 4Soluble cations, 46Sorption, 5, 29, 75Sparging, 37, 38, 40–42, 45, 125Speciation, 4, 5, 28, 46, 103Stressors, 36, 90–98, 103–107, 110–112, 116,

117, 127, 130Strong alkaline, 3, 21Sulphide, 90, 101, 103, 105, 108, 116Suspended solids, 39, 101–103, 105, 108, 110,

113, 117, 126Synthetic material, 1

TTanning, 1, 2, 17–31, 61–84, 89–118Terminal electron acceptor, 10, 50Tetrazolium salts, 10, 95Thermoregulation, 1Total concentration, 4, 5, 36, 44, 55, 75, 84, 98Toxic state, 2, 21Toxicants, 4, 5, 52, 53, 62–64, 80, 91

Toxicity, 4–10, 12, 22, 28, 30, 36–39, 45–47, 54, 65, 66, 74–76, 78, 81–83, 91, 93, 96–98, 103, 105–108, 110–111, 123–128

Toxicity testing, 39–47, 76, 125Toxicology, 3, 80, 127, 128Turbidity levels, 51

UUpholstery, 3

VVegetable tannins, 3, 21Vibrio fischeri, 8, 39

WWattle, 3, 21Whole cell biosensors, 36. See also Biosensors

XXenobiotics, 9, 30, 31