Bamboo Textiles

It's a common fact that bamboo can thrive naturally without using any pesticide. It is seldom eaten by pests or infected by pathogen. Why? Scientists found that bamboo owns a unique anti-bacterial and bacteriostatic bio-agent named "bamboo Kun". This substance combined with bamboo cellulose molecular tightly all along during the process of being produced into bamboo fiber

Bamboo fiber has particular and natural functions of anti-microbial properties, Anti-viral properties, anti-bacterial properties, anti-fungal, bacteriostatic and deodorization It is validated by Japan Textile Inspection Association that, even after fifty times of washing, bamboo fiber fabric still possesses excellent function of anti-bacteria, bacteriostatic. Its test result shows over 70% death rate after bacteria being incubated on bamboo fiber fabric.

Bamboo fiber's natural anti-bacteria function differs greatly from that of chemical antimicrobial. The later often tend to cause Skin allergy when added to apparel.

Bamboo KUN

which was first found by Japanese scientist and it is a kind of mixture, and now this kind of material are in quite popular application also have been distilled from bamboo and added into other products for the application of antibacterial character. There are many reports from Japanese textile industry.

information included in this article courtesy of Bambrotex