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dc.contributor.authorThilagavathi, G-
dc.contributor.authorRajendrakumar, K-
dc.contributor.authorRajendran, R-
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-12T06:41:09Z-
dc.date.available2013-12-12T06:41:09Z-
dc.date.issued2005-12-
dc.identifier.issn0975-1025 (Online); 0971-0426 (Print)-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/24710-
dc.description431-436en_US
dc.description.abstractVarious herbal species were screened for their antimicrobial activities by employing preliminary (qualitative) antimicrobial tests. Methanolic extraction procedure was followed for extracting the active substances from herbs. Antimicrobial efficacy was assayed by AATCC (agar diffusion and parallel streak) method and Hohenstein modified challenge test. The neem leaves (Azadirachta indica), prickly chaff flower (Achyranthus aspera), tulsi leaves (Ocimum basilicum) and pomegranate rind (Punica granatum) were found to exhibit antimicrobial activity against the strains of Staphylococcus aureus and E.coli. Neem ranked first followed by pomegranate and prickly chaff flower. Despite the negative results of tulsi in the qualitative tests, it showed 73% bacterial reduction in the quantitative challenge test. The treated fabric samples exhibited resistance to degradability as tested by digging soil test. en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherNISCAIR-CSIR, Indiaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInt. CI.7D06M16/00, D06M23/00en_US
dc.rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Indiaen_US
dc.sourceIJFTR Vol.30(4) [December 2005]en_US
dc.subjectAntimicrobial textilesen_US
dc.subjectAchyranthus asperaen_US
dc.subjectAzadirachta indicaen_US
dc.subjectBacteriostasisen_US
dc.subjectOcimum basilicumen_US
dc.subjectPunica granatumen_US
dc.titleDevelopment of ecofriendly antimicrobial textile finishes using herbsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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