Liu Zihan,Luo Yapei,Zhao Xiaomin,Zheng Keying,Wu Minghua,Wang Lili
Natural antibacterial agents have attracted increasing attention due to safety, ecological, and environmental protection concerns. In this study, hinokitiol-grafted-chitosan (HTCS) was prepared via the Mannich reaction and used as an antibacterial agent for the treatment of cotton fabric. The results showed that, compared with chitosan (CS) and hinokitiol (HT) alone, HTCS exhibited a lower value of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). Compared with the fabrics treated by CS and HT, the antibacterial rate of the treated fabric against Escherichia coli using HTCS as antibacterial agent increased by approximately 90% and 27%, the bacterial reduction rate against Staphylococcus aureus increased by about 58% and 39%. The HTCS-treated cotton fabric possessed good antibacterial properties even after 25 washing cycles. Moreover, the antibacterial cotton fabric retained original hydrophilicity, handle, and strength. Consequently, HTCS has great potential as a natural antibacterial agent for textiles.
In our previous study, Bush Sophora Root polysaccharide (BSRPS) and its sulfate (sBSRPS) exhibited anti-duck virus hepatitis (DVH) abilities as well as anti-oxidative and immuno-enhancement effects. The aim of this paper was to ulteriorly investigate the exact anti-DVH mechanisms of BSRPS and sBSRPS by intervention experiments. Hinokitiol and FK506 were used as the pro-oxidant and immunosuppressant, respectively. The dynamic deaths, oxidative and immune evaluation indexes and hepatic pathological change scores were detected. When was intervened by hinokitiol, sBSRPS still possessed therapeutic effect while BSPRS was useless. Under the condition of immunosuppression, BSRPS lost a part role in treating DVH; however such a role of sBSRPS completely exhausted. These results suggested both anti-oxidative and immuno-enhancement effects of BSRPS played roles in healing DVH, and the former was more crucial; unlike BSRPS, only immuno-enhancement ability of sBSRPS was imperative for its curative effect on DVH.