DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF PONGAMIA PINNATA-INFUSED COTTON AND BANANA FIBER GAUZE FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

  • Unique Paper ID: 175348
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 11
  • PageNo: 2523-2528
  • Abstract:
  • The gauze bandage is the type of medical wound dressing which is made from an open weave fabric. This wound dressing is mainly made up of cotton and banana fiber to treat skin anomalies. This Pongamia Pinnata finished gauze will show the breathability, absorbency, antimicrobial activity of the gauze bandage. This gauze bandage reduces the risk of skin infection. The banana fiber will maintain the moisture level creating the great healing property to the wounds. The leaves of the Pongamia Pinnata have the medicinal property which shows the good and fast healing property to the wound and infection which happened on our skin. By combining these things into a project makes the ecofriendly gauze bandages for wound dressing and skin infections. By this research we can absorb the natural properties such as wound healing properties, moisture absorbency, breathability, antimicrobial properties. This gauze bandage may reduce the bacterial growth and infection around the wound. While the banana fiber plays the role of breathability, long lasting and bio degradable product in the woven gauze bandage. The banana fiber which is taken from the “pseudo stems” of the banana plant which plays the significant role of both functional and comfortness in wound dressing.

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