Table 6.
Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities for the several NPs and natural dyes on the textiles
| Textile | Natural dyes + NPs | Antioxidant activity (%) | Antimicrobial activity | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton | Leaf extract of Ruellia tuberosa FeONPs | – | E.coli: 14 mm, S.aureous: 12 mm | Vasantharaj et al. (2019a, b) |
| – | Seaweed Padina gymnospora + PVP/PtNPs nanocomposite |
DPPH: 30 Superoxide: 50 |
E.coli: 15.6 mm, S.aureous: 13.6 mm | Ramkumar et al. (2017a, b) |
| Wool and nylon | Conocarpus erectus extract | – | E.coli: 75% | Ramadan et al. (2017) |
| Linen | Henna + Copper sulphate | 92.10 | E.coli: 99.50%, S.aureous: 99.75% | Yadav et al. (2019) |
| Polyamide | Green walnut shells | – |
E.coli: 92 S.aureous: 97.47% |
Mirjalili and Karimi (2013) |
| – | Extract of coleus vettiveroids + silver nanoparticles | 63.88 |
E.coli: 26 mm S.aureous: 29 mm |
Thomas et al. (2018) |
| Silk | Madder dye + Moreinga olefera seed extract |
E.coli: 94% S.aureous: 90% |
Ali et al. (2015) | |
| Polyamide | Violacein | 14 |
E.coli: 55% S.aureous: 45% |
Kanelli et al. (2018) |
| Wool | Stems and roots of berberis + Ag/Zn NPs | Stem of berberis: 96% root of berberis: 92% |
E.coli: 100% S.aureous: 100% |
In this study |