USE OF PLANT RESOURCES AS ANTIBACTERIAL TEXTILES FOR HEALTH AND HYGIENE APPLICATIONS : ECO-FRIENDLY NATURAL SUSTAINABLE APPLICATION OF SAP FROM GRAPEVINE PRUNING FOR COTTON FABRICS

As people move away from synthetic products containing chemicals and become more interested in natural products, there has been an increase in the use of plants. Studies have shown that antibacterial extracts obtained from plants can be used to obtain antibacterial materials in the textile industry. In this study, sap flowing from a vine branch, which is quite rich in bioactive components, was used to provide antibacterial properties. Vine sap is a sustainable product that is a natural source of phenolic compounds for health and hygiene applications. By applying natural vine-sap phenolic compounds to 100% cotton fabric, its antibacterial properties were determined according to the AATCC 100 test method, which is frequently used in textiles, against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli bacteria. In the data obtained as a result of the study; It was determined that 100% cotton fabrics containing vine-sap phenolic compounds showed good antibacterial activity.