Open AccessDesign and Development of Surgical Gown using Red Seaweed Extract for Hygienic Textiles
Author(s) -
GobalakrishnanM and Senthil KumarM JanarthananM
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of modern trends in science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-3778
DOI - 10.46501/ijmtst0609s07
Subject(s) - dpph , antimicrobial , ultimate tensile strength , agar diffusion test , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , phenols , traditional medicine , materials science , chemistry , antioxidant , medicine , composite material , antibacterial activity , chemical engineering , biology , organic chemistry , bacteria , engineering , genetics
The drastic growth in the area of technical textiles and their end-use in healthcare and hygienic textilescreate numerous opportunities for the application of novel finishing agents. Novel finishing agents withimproved functionality act as natural antimicrobial agents will help to reduce the adverse effects caused bymicrobes and it is used for several end applications particularly in the barrier material and infection control.The present study was to develop the surgical gown and investigate the presence of bioactive compoundspresent in the Acanthophora Spicifera seaweed and analysis the antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of theextract and the treated fabrics using DPPH scavenging activity, disc diffusion, and ENISO20645 testmethods. The extractobtained from red seaweed is applied to the bamboo fabric using the pad-dry-curemethod for making surgical gown material. The test result shows that the maximum antibacterial activity ofthe 28mm inhibition zone was observed and the maximum antioxidant inhibition percentage of 77 ±0.17%forboth extract and treated fabrics.The presence of bioactive compounds such as flavonoids, tannins, phenols,saponins, and Anthocyanins in the herbal extract was analyzed by using Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC)and the functional group present in the herbal extract was analyzed by Fourier Transform Infrared RadiationSpectroscopy (FTIR). The physical and comfort properties like air permeability, tensile strength, tearingstrength, and wicking behaviour of the treated fabrics were decreases compared to untreatedfabrics.Thetreated fabrics are used for a variety of medical applications such as gloves, surgical drapes,wound healing,operation room table covers, and face masks for hygienic and healthcare textiles.