PROPERTIES OF COTTON YARNS ASSOCIATED WITH CHITIN AND AG NANOSTRUCTURED IN EUROPEAN AND CHINESE MEDICINE

Biomedical cotton textiles are characterised, among other properties, by hypoallergenicity, high absorbing power and an ability to prevent or reduce bacterial proliferation. Several such products are being developed to meet a strong demand from both western and eastern market, especially China. Natural biomedical molecules such as chitin used by Chinese manufacturers (making traditional medical products also) to improve textile response so as to achieve and preserve skin trophism, particularly in patients in poor health, such as elderly and people affected by chronic pathologies. In this study we compared a Chinese cotton-chitin-Ag biomedical textile with similar products manufactured in Italy according to European regulations, technologies and specifications for biomedical devices. By the study we want to control the properties of different biotextiles, verifying also the validity of textile Chinese industry and their biomedical products.