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Use of plants as dyes: A case study of the use of pre-mordanting method to dye cotton fabric with extracts from Allium burdickii

J. Thuo Githaiga · D. Agulei Karen · J. I. Mwasiagi · Charles Nzila

Some of the synthetic dyes and mordants are harmful to the environment. The aim of this research was to study the dyeing of cotton fabric using extracts from wild leek (Allium burdickii). The bark of mango tree was used as a mordant. The p…

RUF-37241 2017 CC BY 4.0 29 Sep 2017