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Natural Dye Sources and its Applications in Textiles: A Brief Review
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Presently there is a great demand for the use of natural colours throughout the world due to non-biodegradable and carcinogenic nature associated with synthetic dyes. Natural dyes are non-toxic, non-allergic and non-carcinogenic as these are obtained from animals or vegetable matters without any chemical processing. Natural dyes are mostly used to dye natural fibers like cotton, wool and silk. The colours produced by natural dyes are soothing to eyes, earthly, warm and highly appealing. This article attempts to reviews the available natural dye sources, applications and comparison between the natural and synthetic dyes have been also discussed.
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- Authors
- Chungkrang, L., & Bhuyan, S.
- Affiliations
- Assam Agricultural University (IN)
- Venue
- International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences
- Publisher
- Excellent Publishers
- Published
- 2020-10-10
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 261-269
- ISSN
- 2319-7692 (ISSN-L)
- 2319-7706
- OpenAlex
- W3112929795
- Cited by
- 33
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 0.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Biological Stains and Phytochemicals
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Analytical Chemistry › Dye analysis and toxicity
- Keywords
- natural dyes, textile dyeing, natural fibers, cotton, wool, silk, synthetic dyes, dye toxicity
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