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EFFICACY OF ANTIMICROBIAL COATING ON BANANA COTTON FABRIC USING SENNA TORA EXTRACT FOR HEALTHCARE APPLICATIONS
Krishnaveni Vasudevan*
ABSTRACT
Background: Sustainability and Healthcare is still a challenge for the Pharmaceutical and healthcare concerns, in spite of being more advanced nowadays. The purposeful necessities of skin care textiles have led to the pioneering use of diversity of natural plants with therapeutic properties for medical applications. The Senna tora flowers are one of the exceptionally important natural plant available in the all areas with abundant germ-free properties. Methods: In this present investigate work the Senna tora flowers were collected and extracted and it was coated on sustainable banana cotton fabric. Results: The extract was tested under qualitative antimicrobial phytochemical screening and the test results revealed the presence of antimicrobial constituents. The anti bacterial and antifungal activity of Senna tora flowers ethanolic 4% and 8% concentrated extracts were analyzed using standard AATCC 147and AATCC 100 tests against both gram positive and gram negative bacterial pathogens staphylococcus aureus, klebsiella pneumoniae, pseudomonas auruginosa, escherichia coli and aspergillus nigar fungi. The extract was tested under qualitative phytochemical screening, the results expressed the occurrence of major phytochemicals. Conclusion: The activity test result also shows that the Senna tora treated samples has superior antibacterial and antifungal activity by zone of inhibition and it can be more apt for developing sustainable products using textiles.
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