Antibacterial finishes

Antibacterial finishes on textile materials, assessment of test method 100... 

AATCC Test Method 100-1999, Antibacterial finishes on textile materials assessment of , Technical Manual of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists,... 

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 40, No.4, 21stFeb.2001, p.1016-21 DURABLE AND REGENERABLE ANTIBACTERIAL FINISHING OF FABRICS WITH A NEW HYDANTOIN DERIVATIVE Sun G Xu X Bickett J R Williams J F Califomia,Umveisity HaloSource Coip. 

Joshi, M., Wazed Ali, S., Rajendran, S., 2007. Antibacterial finishing of polyester/cotton blend fabrics using neem Azadirachta indica) a natural bioactive agent. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 106, 793—800. 

Purwar R, Mishra P, Joshi M. Antibacterial finishing of cotton textiles using neem extract. AATCCRev 2008 8(2) 36-43. 

The prevention principle works by preventing the development of the unpleasant odours by the use of antibacterial finishes, which prevent the decomposition of sweat and other bodily fluids by bacteria. 

M Joshi, S W Ali and S Rajendian, Antibacterial finishing of polyester/cotton blend fabrics using neem (azadirachta mdica) A natural bioactive agmit , J Ajqdied Polymer Science, 2007 106 793-800. 

ATCC Technical Manual, AATCC Test Method 00-2004, Antibacterial Finishes on Textile Materials Assessment of. North Carolina 2005. 

R Purwar, Antibacterial Finishing of Cotton Textiles using Neem Extracts, PhD Thesis, irr New Delhi, India 2005. 

Antibacterial finish n. A treatment of a textile material to make it resistant to, or to retard growth of, bacteria. 

Assessment of Antibacterial Finishes on Textile Materials Methods 100 , American Association of Textile Chemist and Colorist, 1993. Antimicrobial Activity Assessment of Carpets Method 174 , American Association of Textile Chemist and Colorist, 1993. 

AATCC 100 1993 Antibacterial finishes on textile materials Assessment of. USA Challenge test... 

Applications for the anti-microbial properties on fabrics are diverse. Coating treatment with anti-bacterial chemical is referred as the mainstream of the antibacterial finishing. Due to the relatively low durability of surface treatments, coating of the surfaces is not the most desirable treatment. Other anti-microbials are more toxic or less effective than the halamines under investigation in laboratories. 

Chitosan, the deacetylated form of chitin, is a plentiful and naturally occurring aminopolysaccharide obtained fl om shellfish and other marine species. Most of the research on applying this to fibers and films has been conducted in Japan and to a lesser extent Korea. Micromilled chitosan powder has been blended with rayon fibers, followed by subsequent lamination, to produce a variety of nonwoven fabrics known as Chitopoly. These modified materials were even effective against a methacillin-strain of S. aureus [37], Numerous other publications and patents describe incorporation of chitosan in various forms to produce antimicrobial fibers and polymers. One of the more recent examples is the binding of a quaternary ammonium derivative of chitosan to cotton fabric to produce an antibacterial finish [38]. The other area of current interest is the use of naturally occurring peptides as antimicrobial agents. The use of combinatorial libraries allows one to systematically examine ten to hundreds of millions of peptides for their antimicrobial activity. This was demonstrated with various strains... 

Gagliardi, D. D., Antibacterial finishes, American Dyestuff Reporter, 1962, Jan. p31. 

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