<p>Use of essential oils as bioactive substances for antimicrobial finishing of fabrics</p><br />
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<p>Use of essential oils as bioactive substances for antimicrobial finishing of fabrics</p><br /> |
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Ravindra, K B ; Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davangere Dinesh, Y M Chandrasekhara, S M |
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Antimicrobial activity;Bioactive substance;Biodegradable;Cotton;Polyester/cotton fabric |
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Antimicrobial compounds (essential oils) have been extracted from natural spices, such as oregano and cinnamon, using organic solvent (ethylene) by soxhlet apparatus. The above bioactive agents (5% & 10 % owf separately for both agents) are applied separately on plain cotton and polyester/cotton woven fabrics using pad-dry-cure process. For fixation of the finishing agents, glutaraldehyde (8% owf) has been used as a cross-linking agent along with sodium hypophosphite (2% owf) as the catalyst. Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of untreated and treated fabrics has been performed quantitatively by percentage reduction test against test organisms Gram-positive bacteria <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> and Gram-negative bacteria <em>Escherichia coli</em>. The results indicate that treated fabrics register >90% antimicrobial activity against <em>S. aureus</em> and <em>E. coli</em> bacterial strains. After 10 washes, the efficacy of antimicrobial activity is reduced by 10-20% only. A small decrease in flexibility, breaking <br /> strength and elongation properties is observed for treated <br /> fabrics. However, treated fabrics show enhanced<strong> </strong>crease <br /> recovery. <strong></strong></p> |
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Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research (IJFTR) 2022-12-20 11:04:41 |
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application/pdf http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/IJFTR/article/view/56151 |
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Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research (IJFTR); ##issue.vol## 47, ##issue.no## 4 (2022): Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research |
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