Antimicrobial Finishing of Organic Cotton Textiles with Extract of Tanners cassia flowers for Skin Care Applications

Background: Skin care is still a challenge for the Pharmaceutical and hospital concerns, in spite of being more advanced nowadays. The purposeful necessities of skin care textiles have led to the pioneering use of diversity of natural plants with therapeutic properties for medical applications. The Tanners cassia flowers are one of the exceptionally important natural plant available in all areas with abundant germ-free properties. Methods: In this present investigate work the Tanners cassia flowers were collected and extracted and it was coated on organic cotton fabric. Results: The extract was tested under qualitative antimicrobial phytochemical screening and the test results revealed the presence of antimicrobial constituents. The antibacterial and antifungal activity of Tanners cassia flowers ethanolic 5% and 10% concentrated extracts were analyzed using standard AATCC 147and AATCC 100 tests against both gram positive and gram-negative bacterial pathogens staphylococcus aureus , klebsiella pneumoniae , pseudomonas auruginosa , escherichia coli and aspergillus nigar fungi . The extract was tested under qualitative phytochemical screening, the results expressed the occurrence of major phytochemicals. Conclusion: The activity test result also shows that the Tanners cassia treated samples has superior antibacterial and antifungal activity by zone of inhibition and it can be more apt for healthcare textiles.