Fabrication of Antimicrobial Perspiration Pads and Cotton Cloth Using Amaranthus dubius Mediated Silver Nanoparticles

Table 1

Comparative results of methods used in the fabrication of AgNPs on the cotton cloth and perspiration pad samples.

S. No.	Method	Time (minutes)	Weight of the cotton cloth (g)			Weight of the perspiration pad (g)
			Before	After	Difference in weight	Before	After	Difference in weight
1.	Dipping	60	0.05250	0.05364	0.00114	0.0451	0.04838	0.00328
2.	Sonication	30	0.05070	0.05275	0.00205	0.0479	0.05190	0.00409
		60	0.05160	0.05390	0.00230	0.0425	0.04704	0.00454
		90	0.05170	0.05664	0.00494	0.0425	0.04957	0.00707
3.	Control	30	0.05315	0.05485	0.00170	0.0330	0.03551	0.00242

Bold values refer to the highest amount of coating onto the cotton cloth and perspiration pads.