Testing for antibacterial properties of cotton/flax denim

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 371-376

  Chun, David T W ^a   Foulk, Jonn A ^a   McAlister III, David D ^b  

^a USDA ARS Cotton Quality Research Station   (United States)

^b Zellweger Uster Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

AATCC Test Method 100 1999; Antibacterial properties; Bacteriostatic properties; Flax

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BACTERIOLOGY; COTTON FABRICS; FABRICS; FLAX; LINEN; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; SOLID SOLUTIONS; TESTING; YARN;

AATCC TEST METHOD 100-1999; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; BACTERIOSTATIC; BACTERIOSTATIC PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONCENTRATION OF; INITIAL POPULATIONS; INOCULUM DENSITIES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; POPULATION DENSITIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TESTING MATERIALS;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; COTTON; POPULATION DENSITY; TESTING METHOD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTY; CHEMICAL REACTION; COTTON FABRIC; DENIM FABRIC; FINISHES; FLAX FIBER FABRIC; PHYSICAL SCIENCE;

EID: 60449083685     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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