Banupriya Jaganathan

• M.Sc.M.Phil. Ph.D
• Professor (Assistant) at PSG College of Arts and Science

The increasing hazard posed by UV radiation due to thinning of the ozone layer forces the textile producers to pay attention to provide textile products with some value-added properties that would guarantee the protection against harmful UV radiation. The UV absorptive efficacy of the ethanolic extract of plants was studied by using SPF analyzer. I...

In the present study, an attempt has been made to impart antibacterial finishes to the natural fabrics by using herbal and natural bio polymer. The eco friendly finish has been incorporated into bamboo-cotton woven treated fabric with terminalia chebula herbal extract and sericin is extracted from the cocoon degumming water, then both the Extractio...

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems have been used since the 1970s for managing business operations, integration and the real-time updating of data in business modules. Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used with ERP’s capabilities, namely predictive analysis, a decision-processing system, future-oriented organisation, improved technologic...

Leather or Specialty leather fabrics are a combination withmany beneficialproperties intextile; Fruit leather are also called as "vegan leather" or a " fruit slab" which are dehydrated fruit based leather which is bio friendly and also consumeable cause of its nature friendly aspect. The textile component provides tensile strength, tearing strength...

Today most of the pregnant women are office going and fashion forwarded one who meets the discomfort with their usual garment during pregnancy and it is not so flexible while working. But most of the respondents hesitate to buy the maternity wear because of its limited duration of usage, fit problem and its high cost. They have a though that the us...

One of the most rapidly expanding sectors in the technical textile market is herbal textiles. Herbal textiles are the products majorly used for medical, biological and hygienic purposes. In this ultramodern world, people prefer to be comfy in all aspects including medical treatments. Due to the environmental pollutions and global exploitations many...

The expanding environmental crisis, garbage disposal, and non-renewable resource depletion have prompted the usage of environmentally friendly green materials to mitigate environmental consequences. Agave America fibres are used in a variety of textiles. The agave America plant is a monocotyledonous plant that belongs to the agave America family. A...

The present study is focused on antibacterial fabric finished with herbal extracts. An ecofriendly antibacterial coating has been given to the organic cotton fabric using almond and jamun leaves. The herbal extracts have been coated on the fabric using well diffusion method. Tamarind seed powder is been used as a mordant for the fixation of finish....

The current study focuses on herbs (Carica papaya L., Ziziphus jujuba and Thespesia populnea) utilized in cotton fabrics with an antifungal finish. The herbal extract was applied to the fabric using the dip and dry procedure. The antifungal activity has been evaluated using the AATCC-30 test technique. Even after ten washes, the eco-friendly treate...

The textile protection of human skin against ultraviolet radiation is very important problem and over recent years researches have shown increasing interests in this area. This research work deals with the causing harm effects of ultraviolet rays and protection against them through the woven materials by using Opuntia littoralis herbal extract and...

The modern transition to the production of footwear with lining materials, such as membrane fabrics, significantly increases the operational and ergonomic properties of special footwear. Wide range of different lining materials allows to design lining materials created by means of advanced technologies for each type of special footwear, depending o...

The present study deals with the eco-friendly antibacterial finish that has been integrated into bamboo/cotton woven treated fabric in the form of nanocapsules using ethanolic terminalia chebula, Rosmarinus officinalis and Opuntia littoralis (2:1:2) ratio and Chitosan biopolymer extracts by exhaust method in order to reduce the bacterial growth on...

Technology need to support the sustainability of ecology but the use of non biodegradable chemicals and materials is adversely affecting the ecosystem. Textiles are an integral part of everyone's life. Due to global warming, nowadays the UV rays gets more harder. So that the present study focuses on the development of herbal UV resistance finishing...

The healthcare and sanitation textiles are gaining more consequence for their eco-friendly and effective nature. Nowadays, there is a new importance on the textile industry with the spirit of new technologies that could add superior properties to the fabrics, there have been noteworthy improvements in technology for ecofriendly antibacterial proper...

An important and growing part of the textile application need for human life is protection from various infections and other exterior incentive factors. The functional textiles with an ideal antibacterial finish can bring about effective, durable and compatible multidimensional bio textiles. The aim of the present work was to evaluate an eco friend...

Textile and clothing infused with medicinal herb is becoming popular now days. Textiles are an integral part of life. The selected herb has dual advantages. The present study focuses on the development of herbal antibacterial and UV resistance finishing for clothing. The medicinal plant (Gomphrena globasa) flower has been extracted. The application...

The natural dye are often neither safe nor more ecologically sound than synthetic dyes. Herbal textiles are dyed entirely with herbal extractions, without using any sort of chemicals. the herbs used are different from vegetable dyes as they are not only natural but also have medicinal values. these herbs are applied directly to the fabric with the...

An eco friendly natural antifungal finish has been prepared from the plant extract for the textile application. Herbal extracts have been applied to bamboo/ cotton fabric by pad, dry cure method. The antifungal property of fabrics is considered to be more important and inevitable finish for garments, which are in direct contact with human body. The...

Textiles have always played a central role in the evolution of human culture by being at the forefront of both technological and artistic developments. An eco friendly natural antibacterial finish has been prepared from the plant extract for the textile application. Herbal extracts have been applied to cotton and organic fabric by the method of pad...

Clothing has always played a central role in the evolution of human culture by being at the forefront of both technological and artistic developments. An insect repellent help prevent and control the outbreak of insect-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue fever. Most plants contain compounds that they use in preventing attack from phytophagous in...