new delhi dry sal tree leaves shorea robusta strewn on the ground across forests may soon be used to produce a noncorrosive degreasing and cleansing formulation for automobile parts and similar machine components the natural cleanser is being projected by the government as an ecofriendly alternative to synthetic products currently available the government plans to prepare a commercialisation plan by october for initiating the degreasing formulation into the marketthe natural cleanser has been tested in the automobile sector tribal cooperatrive marketing development federation trifed of the ministry of tribal affairs has signed an mou with national research development corporation to file for patenting the product the deadline for filing for patent has been set for september first week advt with dry sal leaves found in abundance in forests across india particularly in the densely forested tribal belts of jharkhand chhattisgarh and odisha the ministry sees this new degreasing agent with non corrosive properties as an effective alternative to chemicalbased cleansers used in industries the natural cleanser has been tested in the automobile sector once the commercialisation plan is rolled out bulk production units will be set up in tribal areas and people from the tribal community will be trained in the production process trifed managing director pravir krishna said delhibased sri ram institute for industrial research carried out the research on sal leaf extracts the research resulted in the development of a waterbased anticorrosive degreasing and cleaning formulation and it was found to be better than synthetic products besides being ecofriendly krishna explainedthe research team found that sal leaf extract showed very good anticorrosive properties due to saponin by ambika pandit tnn published on sep 4 2018 at 0106 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app auto companies sal leaves national research development corporation saponin india shorea homenewsindustryin sal leaves auto companies may find a cleanser