Antimicrobial Finishing of Cotton Fabric Using Herbs •
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2015
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A new approach has been made to
impart antimicrobial property to cotton
fabrics using natural medicinal herbal
extracts. Many plant extracts possessing an
antimicrobial property which is available in
Tamil Nadu, can be used as textile finishing
agents. Datura jrtoxia (Leaves) and Leucas
aspera (whole plant) were chosen for the
study. It involves the applications of
selected herbal extracts of the plant onto
cotton fabric by using Exhaustion method.
The antimicrobial efficacies of the treated
fabric were assessed by qualitative and
quantitative method in terms of bacterial
reduction and the wash durability of
antimicrobial activity by AATCClOO
method. It is observed that the treated herbal
extracts possess a very good resistance for
microbes even after 15 washes.