Development of anti-microbial textiles using microencapsulated honey and turmeric

Abstract

An attempt has been made to develop anti-microbial textiles using honey and turmeric. The concentration of honey and turmeric is optimised as 70:30 and it was applied on to the fabric using direct padding and microencapsulation technique. The antimicrobial activity of microencapsulated honey and turmeric treated fabric were tested against the infectious bacteria Pseudomonas and Staphylococcus aureus. Both the samples show better results against the bacteria before and after washing in Plate count method. Optical density values show that the microbial growth reduces with the application of honey and turmeric.