December 2022 | Volume 8 | Issue 2 | Page 277 Journal of Innovative Sciences Research Article 1. Introduction T extiles belongs to natural polymers having a plant based (vegetable) origin. It has been originated and used by humans since centuries with the aim of covering (bodies) and protection (temperature, dust, sunlight, wind etc.). Apparel has also been an important aspect of human life and it has become necessity of life with the development of advanced technologies. Medical textiles are a very promising sector among technical textiles, which is directly related to the health and well-being of mankind. It comprises of textiles used by doctors, nurses and paramedical staf, wards and pre and post-operative Abstract | Te study was aimed to applying eco-friendly antimicrobial fnish on cotton fabric and checked mechanical property by pre and post-test and durability of this fnish was checked up to 25 washes. Te eco-friendly antimicrobial fnish was extracted from leaves of Azadirachata indica, Butea monosperma and Litchi chinensis plants and applied on 100% cotton. Before and after applying antimicrobial fnish mechanical property was checked. Te antimicrobial fnish was applied by pad dry cure method and fnish was fxed by using of poly urethane binder. Te presence of microorganisms was checked by ASTEM E2149 shake fask method before and after applying antimicrobial fnish and after successive 25 washes. Te results were analyzed through MANOVA. Te fabric properties were checked by using ISO standard test methods. Te fabric which was treated with A. indica showed 100% reduction on all samples after 22 hours, but after six days only one colony of microorganism was appeared on treated fabric, while nine colonies was observed on untreated cotton sample Te cotton fabric treated with B. monosperma and L. chinensis exhibited 100% reduction after 22 hours and even after six days interval. In case of mechanical properties (Tensile strength, Tear strength) antimicrobial fnish had made positive efect on cotton. Te antimicrobial fnish lasted up to 25 washes. Te study suggested that antimicrobial fabric is suitable to provide protection cover for medical industry, paramedical staf, sports wears, home furnishing as well as common people. Shama Sadaf 1 *, Komal Hassan 1 , Ayesha Saeed 1 and Zeeshan Ahmad 2 1 Department of Home Economics, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan; 2 School of Science and Technology, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Received | September 04, 2022; Accepted | October 14, 2022; Published | December 05, 2022 *Correspondence | Shama Sadaf, Department of Home Economics, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan; Email: sadaf. shama@gmail.com Citation | Sadaf, S., Hassan, K., Saeed, A., and Ahmad, Z., 2022. Efect of antimicrobial fnish on mechanical property of cotton fabric. Journal of Innovative Sciences, 8(2): 277-284. DOI | https://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.jis/2022/8.2.277.284 Keywords | Antimicrobial, Finish, Mechanical property, Cotton fabric, Leaves Copyright: 2022 by the authors. Licensee ResearchersLinks Ltd, England, UK. Tis article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY ) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Effect of Antimicrobial Finish on Mechanical Property of Cotton Fabric