Study of antimicrobial properties of cotton medical textiles treated with citric acid and dried/cured by microwaves

Cellulose

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 289-296

  Budimir, Ana ^a   Vukusic, Sandra Bischof ^b   Flincec, Sandra Grgac ^b  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial textiles; C. albicans; Citric acid; E. coli; Quat; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

ALBICANS; ANTIBACTERIAL TEXTILES; E. COLI; QUAT; S. AUREUS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CANDIDA; CELLULOSE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CITRIC ACID; COTTON; CURING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RADIO WAVES; TEXTILE FINISHING; TEXTILE PROCESSING; TEXTILES; WASHING; YEAST;

BACTERIA;

EID: 84855514726     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-011-9614-z     Document Type: Article

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