Printed cotton fabrics with antibacterial properties based on honey gum containing printing paste formulation

Abstract

PROPOLIS biological activities is a gum has of this been folk used medicine. as a traditional In the present cure for work, various an attempt diseases made due to to a investigate variety of antibacterial printed cotton fabrics using different concentrations of propolis inside printing paste formulation. The interaction between printing paste containing propolis and cotton was confirmed using FTIR. Morphological properties and printing pigment distribution were examined using SEM. Printing color strength and fastness properties were examined. Antibacterial activity was explored against gram positive, negative and yeast. ATR/IR showed different intensities at OH region that confirm interaction between propolis and fabrics and in comparison with fabric and printed cotton without propolis. Thick coating and highly distributed fabrics were visualized at SEM images at printed cotton fabrics containing propolis. The color strength of printed cotton fabrics containing propolis was directly proportional with propolis content up to 4%. Printed cotton fabrics containing propolis showed stability at all fastness evaluations. Printed cotton fabrics containing 4% propolis showed efficient antimicrobial activity towards both gram positive and negative bacteria