Corynebacterium Inhibiting P.grandis Based Herbal Textile
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2015
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Antimicrobial finishes have increased its importance
in the recent years for several reasons necessitating
this research work. Herbal extracts are promising in antimicrobial
activity without much side effects. Hence the
aim of this work was focused on fabricating antimicrobial
textile finishes with antibacterial activity against Corynebacterium
a common sweat - bacterium posing bad odour
and skin problems. Solvent extracts of P.grandis coated
onto to cotton cloth samples by sonication method were
tested for anti- corynebacterium activity by disc diffusion
method according to AATCC 147 method. Good antibacterial
activity was noted since there was no growth under
and above the fabric samples. The leaching of extracts
was also not noted as there was no zone of inhibition
around tlie test samples. Tliese results tlirow open the
scope of developing newer antimicrobial herbal textile
finishes.