Production of anticandidal cotton textiles treated with oak gall extract

Abstract

Candida albicans, one of the most dreadful fungal pathogens threatening humans, could not be easily prevented. The anticandidal activity of oak gall extract, Quercus infectoria (QIE), was investigated as a potential natural alternative to synthetic and chemical fungicides. QIE anticandidal potentiality was confirmed using both qualitative and quantitative assays. Cotton textiles were treated with QIE and then evaluated as anticandidal fabrics. QIE-treated textiles had a potent anticandidal activity, which could completely inhibit the inoculated C. albicans cells. The durability of anticandidal activity in QIE-treated textiles almost completely disappeared after the fourth laundering cycle. QIE could be recommended, however, as a potent anticandidal agent for preparing antiseptic solutions and emulsions and as a finishing agent for manufacturing anticandidal disposable diapers and hygienic clothes.

Application of wild Saudi plant extracts to control antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Oak gall extract: Molecular docking of wound healing and control of the skin pathogens Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans

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“…Quercus infectoria tree is located in the Mediterranean region, normally known as oak galls (Greenish 1999;Morales 2021). Q. infectoria extract (QIE) was commended in folkloric remedy for leucorrhea, menstruation, dysentery, hemorrhages, gonorrhea, as well as in mouthwash/gargle being potent antimicrobial and antiviral agent (Tayel et al 2013;Morales 2021).…”

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