Antimicrobials

New research on antimicrobials from A. Higazy and co-authors summarized

Published in Anti-Infectives Week, April 5th, 2010

According to a study from Cairo, Egypt, "Although both tannic acid and metal ions serve as anti-microbial agent, they are inactive towards several kinds of microorganisms. The current work aims at examine the technical feasibility of using tannic acid to form in situ complex with environmentally save metal ions onto jute cellulose."

"Three kind of metal salts were selected, namely, AgNO3, ZnSO4, Zr(SO4)(2)center dot 4H(2)O. Cellulose-tannic acid-metal complexes were formed in situ by treatment the jute fabric with tannic acid then allow the treated samples to absorb the metal ions from its aqueous metal salt solution. The treated fabrics were monitored for...

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Source: Anti-Infectives Week (2010-04-05)

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