Environmental-friendly wool fabric finishing by some water plant extracts | Ekološko oplemenjivanje vunene tkanine vodenim ekstraktima nekih biljaka
2007
Šmelcerović, M., Tehnološki fakultet, Leskovac (Serbia) | Mizdraković, M., Tehnološki fakultet, Leskovac (Serbia) | Đorđević, D., Tehnološki fakultet, Leskovac (Serbia)
In this article, environmental-friendly finishing of wool fabric were processed with several water extract plants, such as hibiscus, St. John's wort, and marigold. The plant extracts have good basis in the commercial dyeing of wool, for garment and carpet industry. At the same time, the environmental-friendly finishing by water extract plants show very good fastness of the antimicrobial properties and coloration of wool fabric. From an ecological viewpoint, the substitution of chemical dyes with natural products may represent not only a strategy to reduce risk and pollutants, but also an opportunity for new markets and new businesses, which can expend involving ecology in trade policy.
Show more [+] Less [-]AGROVOC Keywords
Bibliographic information
This bibliographic record has been provided by Matica Srpska Library