Anti-microbial finish
Textiles, by virtue of their characteristics and proximity to human body, provide an excellent medium for the adherence, transfer and propagation of infection-causing microbial species. Infection of textile materials is a result of microbial adherence on the surface, and it is one of the vital clinical complications, which causes a high rate of mortality.
Eco Zan BK mode of action on microbials.
• Protein coagulation.
• Disruption of cell membrane resulting in exposure, damage or loss of contents.
• Removal of free sulfahydryl groups essential for the functioning of enzymes.
• Substrate competition: a compound resembling the essential substrate of the enzyme diverts or misleads the enzymes necessary for the metabolism of cell and cause cell death.