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Antimicrobial Coating of Cotton Twill Tape with Neem Oil, Eucalyptus Oil and Tulsi Oil for Medicinal Application


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1 Department of Textile Technology, SSM Polytechnic College, Komarapalayam - 638 183, India
2 Department of Biotechnology, Rajalakshmi Engineerig College, Chennai - 602 105, India
 

This paper reports the development of antimicrobial finishing for cotton twill tape with essential oil extracted from eucalyptus leaves, tulsi leaves and neem seed. The inhibition was analysed against four bacterial and one yeast isolate. The washing fastness shows that fabrics treated with neem seed oil show antimicrobial effect against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans, till the end of the third wash, followed by tulsi oil, but lower inhibition against others. But for eucalyptus oil, inhibition was observed well only after the first wash. The results show the antibacterial holding capacity of cotton twill tape after repeated washes.

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Antimicrobial Finishing, Cotton Twill Tape, Essential Oil, Washing Fastness.
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  • Antimicrobial Coating of Cotton Twill Tape with Neem Oil, Eucalyptus Oil and Tulsi Oil for Medicinal Application

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Authors

G. K. Balamurugan
Department of Textile Technology, SSM Polytechnic College, Komarapalayam - 638 183, India
S. Babuskin
Department of Biotechnology, Rajalakshmi Engineerig College, Chennai - 602 105, India

Abstract


This paper reports the development of antimicrobial finishing for cotton twill tape with essential oil extracted from eucalyptus leaves, tulsi leaves and neem seed. The inhibition was analysed against four bacterial and one yeast isolate. The washing fastness shows that fabrics treated with neem seed oil show antimicrobial effect against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans, till the end of the third wash, followed by tulsi oil, but lower inhibition against others. But for eucalyptus oil, inhibition was observed well only after the first wash. The results show the antibacterial holding capacity of cotton twill tape after repeated washes.

Keywords


Antimicrobial Finishing, Cotton Twill Tape, Essential Oil, Washing Fastness.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv115%2Fi4%2F779-782