The major problems associated with microorganism's growth in textiles are related to hygiene and fabric deterioration. In the present investigation an attempt has been made to produce attractive and colourful textiles with antimicrobial finish using natural resources. Three natural extracts selected for the study can be successfully used as natural colourants to produce brown to gray colours on cotton fabric with very good all round fastness properties. These natural extracts also impart antimicrobial finish to cotton fabric which was evaluated by Bromophenol Blue (BPB) test. The samples show very encouraging results in terms of antimicrobial resistivity.
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