Title: The Antibacterial Performance of Natural Bamboo Fiber and Its Influencing Factors
Abstract:Natural bamboo fiber is a new type of plant fiber using for textile. Its natural antibacterial property has not been investigated fully. In this paper, the nature antibacterial property of natural bam...Natural bamboo fiber is a new type of plant fiber using for textile. Its natural antibacterial property has not been investigated fully. In this paper, the nature antibacterial property of natural bamboo fiber was determined with the method of dynamic test referring to GB/T 20944. 3-2008 and compared with other fibers for textile, such as jute fiber, flax fiber, ramie fiber and regenerated bamboo fiber. The bacteria used in the test were Escherichia coli.(8099), Staphylococeus auresu(ATCC 6538) and Candida albican(ATCC 10231).The relationships between the antibacterial property of natural bamboo fiber and its shape, hygroscopicity and extractives were tested to analyze the influencing factors. In the results, compared with natural cotton the bacteriostatic rates of natural bamboo fiber against the bacteria were all zero; that of jute fiber and flax fiber against ATCC10231 were 48% and 8.7%; that of ramie fiber against ATCC 6538 was as high as 90.2%; that of regenerated bamboo fiber against ATCC6538 was higher than 70%. The bacteriostatic rates of the bamboo with different shape were all zero, that of plant fibers was inversely proportional to their moisture regain and the bacteriostatic action against ATCC 10231 of natural bamboo fiber extracted was lower, however, that against 8099, and ATCC 6538 was stronger except extracted with benzene. The results show that natural bamboo fiber has no natural antibacterial property. The shape could not impact the natural antibacterial property of natural bamboo fiber but the hygroscopicity and extractives have influence on that.Read More
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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