Eco-friendly UV Blocking Finishes Extracted from Amaranthus viridis and Solanum nigrum
Mohammad Neaz Morshed ,
Shamim Al Azad ,
Hridam Deb ,
Ashraful Islam ,
Xiaolin Shen
Affiliations
Mohammad Neaz Morshed
Wuhan Textile University, School of Textile Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory for New Textile Materials and Application of Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430073, P. R. China
Shamim Al Azad
Wuhan Textile University, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan, 430073, P. R. China
Hridam Deb
Wuhan Textile University, School of Textile Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory for New Textile Materials and Application of Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430073, P. R. China
Ashraful Islam
Wuhan Textile University, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan, 430073, P. R. China
Xiaolin Shen
Wuhan Textile University, School of Textile Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory for New Textile Materials and Application of Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430073, P. R. China
This research work deals with a qualitative analysis of extracts from Amaranthus viridis and Solanum nigrum plants as eco-friendly ultraviolet (UV) blocking finishes. The presence of flavonoid and phenolic contents in the plant extracts and the influence of concentrations towards UV blocking was studied. The plant extracts were obtained through solvent (aqueous and methanolic) extraction and coated onto cotton fabrics with the pad-dry-cure method. UV-visible and CIELAB spectroscopy analysis were carried out for the quantitative measurement of UV blocking and sequential analysis. The results show that loading of selected extracts on the fabric samples results in a significant enhancement in UV blocking. The treated fabrics show exceptional UV blocking in both UV-A and UV-B region, where the highest anti-UV values were obtained when the fabrics were treated with methanolic extracts. Furthermore, a considerable influence on CIELAB coordinates was found inordinate for methanolic extracts treated fabric compared to aqueous extracts.
