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Natural Plant Dyes of Oriental Carpets
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Deakin, Jeffrey John |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | Over millennia, carpets of high quality have been woven in countries of Central Asia; particularly in Anatolia (modern Turkey), Persia (Iran) and Afghanistan. They were traded along routes of the Silk Road as were the natural plant pigments, which were used to dye the woolen and silk fibers. Dyes extracted from indigenous plants were commonly used; indigo from True Indigo (Indigofera tinctoria), alizarin from Common Madder (Rubia tinctorum), and flavonols such as quercetin from the Yellow Larkspur (Delphinium semibarbatum) or the Onion (Allium cepa). Although these dyes have been made synthetically since the late 19th century from fossil fuel feedstock and are widely used today, demand for natural plant pigments remains, and methods of extraction are described. The molecular structures of the compounds predominantly responsible for color are presented, and the physical chemistry of the origin of deep color in these organic dyes is explained. Modern medical research into the therapeutic properties of the dyes, alizarin and quercetin, is outlined. Book Name: Natural Products of Silk Road Plants |
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| Ending Page | 217 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| Starting Page | 211 |
| DOI | 10.1201/9780429061547-13 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2020-08-13 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Natural Products of Silk Road Plants Natural Plant |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
