Antimicrobial Efficacy of Terminalia chebula Fruit Extract Treated Cotton Fabric for Healthcare Applications
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https://doi.org/10.37285/ijpsn.2011.4.4.5Abstract
The study was focused on treatment of water and methanol extracts of Terminalia chebula fruits and citric acid as a cross linking agent on cotton plain-woven fabric. The active antimicrobial compounds in extracts were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography. The fabric samples were tested for antibacterial activity against bacterial strains like Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus vulgaris, and Salmonella typhi under agar diffusion test and quantitative analysis. The results indicated that the treated cotton fabric shows a clear microbial resistance with 27-38 mm zone of inhibition in the agar diffusion test against all the above mentioned strains. The treated samples showed 99% of reduction against Staphylococcus aureus and 86.25% reduction against Escherichia coli as per quantitative analysis. The Fourier Transform –Infra Red analysis confirmed the presence of active substances (saponin, ascorbic acid and gallic acid) in the treated samples. Process parameters were optimized using the response surface methodology adopted using Box-Behnken design and the correlation coefficient was found to be 0.932 in the case of Staphylococcus aureus and 0.66 in the case of Escherichia coli.
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Terminalia chebula, agar diffusion method, HPLC, FT-IR, Box-Behnken method.
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