Antimicrobial Studies on Cellulosic Fibre

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out to restore the vintage artwork of dyeing with herbal dye from leaves of Acalypha indica. It is belonging to own circle of relatives Euphorbiaceae, generally acknowledged kuppaimeni. And the herbal dye from leaves of Vitex negundo, generally acknowledged nochi. The dye has suitable scope withinside the business dyeing of cotton in clothes industry. In the existing study, degummed fabric had been dyed with chemical and herbal mordants. Dyeing turned into accomplished by pre-mordanting, post mordanting and simultaneous mordanting project focuses over eco-friendly natural antimicrobial finishing knitted fabric. The fabric is treated with the dye prepared from Acalypha Indica (Kuppaimeni) through pad-dry-cure method. Then the treated knitted fabric was put under various tests like Functional (Anti-bacterial) Acalypha indica shows effect on bacteria like E. coli and S. aureus. Anti-bacterial property is high enough to show effect. Characteristics test like XRD, EDX, SEM, FTIR are taken. XRD shows the high-level presence of dye particles on the surface of the fabric. SEM & EDX shows the particle, they’re having the proper size to hold on and give perfect outlook. FTIR result comes out good showing negative to harm full materials presents through peak. Physical property tests like Burn test, Water observation, Elasticity test are trialed on Acalypha indica treated fabric and plain Knitted fabric. The results are comparatively similar no great difference in drop of fabric after Acalypha indica treatment.