Natural Dyes : Scope and Challenges
Contents: Preface. I. General: 1. Scope and challenges in the field of natural dyes/M. Daniel. 2. Chemistry of natural dyes/K.C. Gupta, P. Gupta, P. Singh, S.V. Singh and S. Agarwal. 3. Natural food colours: present status and scope/V.P. Kapoor. 4. Natural food colors - chemistry and sources/K.C. Gupta, P. Singh, S.V. Singh, R. Singh and P. Gupta. II. Extraction, analysis and quality control: 5. Analytical methods for natural dyes/M. Daniel. 6. Extraction and dyeing methods for natural dyes/A. Shrivastava and E.M. Dedhia. 7. Quality control of natural dyed and printed products/V.D. Sumant. III. Dyeing: 8. Dying of natural colours - a new horizon/S.D. Bhattacharya and M. Daniel. 9. Dyeing of Dhabu resist printed cotton and silk fabric with Indian Almond, Terminalia catappa Linn/I. Rai and S. Quereshi. 10. Trailing Eclipta - A natural green colour for textiles/A.S. Devi, B.S. Sumathy and V.K.L.T. Katyayini. 11. Eco-friendly dyeing of natural vegetable dyes on protein substrates/B.J. Agarwal. 12. Union dyeing of wool with Eupatorium and Apricot leaves/A. Sood, A. Sharma, S. Rani and A. Bansal. 13. Effect of Mordant combination on silk dyeing with apricot dye/A. Sharma, S. Rani, A. Bansal and A. Sood. 14. Application of Litchi on silk/S. Rani, A. Sood, A. Sharma and A. Bansal. 15. Dyeing and printing of natural and synthetic fibre/fabrics by vegetable dyes/S.R. Naik. 16. Natural colorants applicable for dyeing textiles/J.J. Moses. 17. Studies on dyeing cotton with bark of Acacia arabica Willd/B.H. Patel and A.M. Darji. 18. Eco-friendly dyeing with extracts of Tulsi leaves/K.J. Patel, B.H. Patel, J.A. Naik and A.M. Bhavsar. 19. Dyeing potential of the leaves of Emblica officinalis, eucalyptus globulus and Tectona grandis for cotton/S. Saxena. P.V. Varadarajan and A.J. Shaikh. 20. Application of combination of litchi and Barberry on cotton/A. Bansal, A. Sood, A. Sharma and S. Rani. 21. Application of natural dyes on Bleached Coir Yarn/M.L. Gulrajani, D. Gupta and P. Gupta. 22. An unknown dye-yielding herb from open-cast mine of Umrer (Maharashtra)/S. Mukherjee. 23. Natural dyes: exploration of new medium for contemporary expression/S. Thakur. 24. Natural dyeing recipes: trusted, traditional Indian recipes for 10 popular shades/Bharathan. 25. Mordants for natural dyeing: ground rules on applications for better results/Bharathan. 26. Some new sources of natural dyes/Bharathan. IV. Antimicrobial properties and conservation: 27. Antimicrobial activity of Henna used as traditional dye and medicinal plant/A. Arya, C. Arya and V.K. Muliya. 28. Antifungal property of two natural dyes used in food/R.C. Soni and Arun Arya. 29. Conservation of dyed historic textiles/D. Rathi. Index.
"Natural Dyes: Scope and Challenges is a comprehensive, thoroughly scientific, single source reference book on natural dye stuffs and dyeing. This book provides a detailed chemistry of all the available natural dyes and also of the food colors. Analytical methods including extraction, identification and estimation of the chemical components of these dyes, which will help in the production of quality dyes, are discussed. The applications of these dyes in pharmaceuticals, herbal cosmetics, paints and paintings also are explained. The challenges lying ahead due to the greater demand resulted from the ever-increasing acceptance and demand of these dyes and their solutions are discussed. Substitute sources, new chromophores, bioactivities including antioxidant potential and antimicrobial properties of the plant-derived dyes also are dovetailed.
This book will serve as a reference book for students, teachers and workers of textile dyeing, textile chemistry, clothing and textiles, plant sciences, pharmacy and fine arts. It will also of great use for NGOs and farmers who would be interested in value-addition of their trees, commercial manufacturers of natural dyes and even to a layman interested in natural colors."
