(136e) Industrial Example Of Selective Herbal Material Usage On Cotton Fabrics For Antibacterial Activity

Considering the “return to nature” motto in today’s world, scientific evaluation of medical plants has serious interest and contribution to economy of Turkey where has rich flora. In this respect, Pharmaceutical Botany Science Departments are conducting studies on recognition and preparation of medical plants, obtaining the convenient parts, extraction, traditional folk usages and biological activities catalogs. There are many studies in literature include obtaining a lot of materials having wellness, UV protection, antibacterial, antioxidant, antifungal, anti-diabetes, anti-inflammation property and else from the natural / plant sources. The functional textile surfaces which can be obtained by the application of active herbal materials and fractions gained from the plant sources have a new field with high potential in the production of casual clothing for cosmetotextile market. The study investigates the application of the gel of the Aloe vera (L.) Burm. (Syn: Aloe barbadenis Miller)   plant leaves, antibacterial and wellness property of which is proved with various reports in the literature,  onto the %100 cotton fabric in the form of microencapsulation. The gel was extracted from alive leaves and microencapsulated by simple coacervation technique. The microencapsules were observed by optical microscopy and antibacterial assessments of treated samples were carried out on gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli) and gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus) in accordance with ASTM E2149-01. The antibacterial effects were also evaluated when the samples were treated with crude Aloe vera gel of various dilutions with distilled water. The plant gel has been characterized with relevant instrumental techniques and industrial usage of such application has been revealed.