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An Environmentally Sustainable Dyeing Approach for the Production of Ecofriendly Colored Wool Yarns via the Application of Millettia laurentii Natural Dye in Conjunction with Metal Salts and Biomordants
Reduced environmental impact is key to sustainable textile dyeing and finishing. The use of synthetic dyes generates substantial amounts of wastewater discharges with a high load of heavy metal ions. As part o...
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Enhancing the Sustainability and Hygiene in the Dyeing of Wool Yarns with Prangos ferulacea Aerial Parts Extract in Conjunction with Metal–Biomordant Combinations
This study investigates the potential of Prangos ferulacea, as a sustainable flavonoid-based natural dye source for textile dyeing, UV protection, and antioxidant finishing. It examines the influence of dyeing co...
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Functional and Colorful Wool Textiles through Ecological Dyeing with Lemon Balm Bio-Dyes and Mordants
In recent years, bio-dyes are being increasingly explored as promising sustainable alternatives for cleaner dyeing and functional finishing of textiles. In this study, an ecological approach was presented for ...
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Erratum: Coloration and Functional Finishing of Wool via Prangos ferulacea Plant Colorants and Bioactive Agents: Colorimetric, Fastness, Antibacterial, and Antioxidant Studies
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Upscaling Millettia laurentii carpentry sawdust into natural dyes: imparting antimicrobial, antioxidant, and UV-protective finish to wool yarns through an ecological and sustainable natural dyeing process
This work presents the valorization of Millettia laurentii carpentry sawdust waste into sustainable natural dye for ecological dyeing and functional finishing of wool textiles. A simple aqueous extraction method ...
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Coloration and Functional Finishing of Wool via Prangos ferulacea Plant Colorants and Bioactive Agents: Colorimetric, Fastness, Antibacterial, and Antioxidant Studies
In the present research, an attempt was made to investigate the possibility of the use of flavonoid-based plant colorants and bioactive agents for the development of an antimicrobial and antioxidant wool texti...
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Recent Innovations in the Strategies for the Functionalization of Chitosan, Pectin, Alginate, Hyaluronic Acid, Dextran and Inulin Biomaterials for Anticancer Applications-A Review
Polysaccharide biomaterials with carbohydrate backbones are currently the subject of material science and engineering research for anticancer applications. Polysaccharides exhibit surprising advantages compare...
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Review on Anti-cancer and Anti-microbial Applications of Curdlan Biomaterials
Polysaccharides are polymers of natural origin that are formed by microorganisms, animals and plants. Polysaccharides play an important part in the progress of living creatures because these are important part...
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A Study on Optimization of Irradiation Frequency for Ultrasonic Laundry of Textile
Research into the industrial practice of ultrasonic aqueous textile cleaning is still underway despite success in the technology being used in other cleaning industry. This study uses ultrasonic frequencies of...
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Environmental Profile of Nano-finished Textile Materials: Implications on Public Health, Risk Assessment, and Public Perception
Antimicrobial modification via the use of nanomaterials or nanocomposites have emerged very strongly from recent past because of increasing public concerns related to the health hygiene. However, negative envi...
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Recent Advances in the Insect Natural Product Chemistry: Structural Diversity and Their Applications
Phylum Arthropoda is the largest phylum of animal kingdom with around one million different species comprising more than 80% of all known animal species. These include insects, spiders, ticks, lice, centipedes...
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Exploring the Potential of Tannin Based Colorants Towards Functional Value Addition of Wool Textiles
Nature has been a first inspiration for the evolution of mankind. Natural colorants of plants origin highly influenced the textile industry and target a wide range of textile functionalities. Tannins from Termina...
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Biofunctionalization of Various Textile Materials Using Enzyme Biotechnology as a Green Chemistry Alternative
Dyeing of textiles and textile materials has been going parallel to the human life since time immemorial. Natural protein fibers especially wool, silk, and cotton are widely used for dyeing purposes in the mod...
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Bioremediation: Green and Sustainable Technology for Textile Effluent Treatment
In recent decades, textile industrial sectors are getting increasing interest worldwide in global contest due to the diverse and changing world market conditions in terms of price, design, ease of handling, du...
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Open AccessDyeing studies and fastness properties of brown naphtoquinone colorant extracted from Juglans regia L on natural protein fiber using different metal salt mordants
In this study, wool fibers are dyed with a natural colorant extracted from walnut bark in presence and absence of mordants. The effect of aluminum sulfate, ferrous sulfate, and stannous chloride mordants on co...
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Open AccessApplication of Terminalia chebula natural dye on wool fiber—evaluation of color and fastness properties
In the present study, Terminalia chebula (Myrobalan/Harda) natural dye extract was used for the development of eco-friendly shades on woolen yarn with different hues and tones. The effect of dye concentration on ...
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Study on the application of Acacia nilotica natural dye to wool using fluorescence and FT-IR spectroscopy
The present study is aimed to exploit the intrinsic fluorescence emission properties of polyphenols of Acacia nilotica natural dye on natural protein fiber wool. Fluorescence measurements were done before and aft...