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Mushroom-Based Natural Dyes for Sustainable Color in Textiles

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Colors are crucial on Earth, but their sourcing and production face sustainability challenges. Humans historically used a wide range of colors from nature, but overexploitation due to growing demands threatens the environment. Synthetic dyes gained popularity in the nineteenth century for their color options and commercial viability. However, they are carcinogenic and persist in the environment. Today, there is a dire need to move toward sustainable alternatives like biodegradable pigments sourced from plants, bacteria, and fungi, particularly mushrooms. Mushroom dyes offer vibrant colors present in the natural palette that decompose easily and can be produced on a large scale. Chemically, mushroom dyes are anthraquinones, xanthophylls, and carotenoids mostly in nature. This chapter explores mushroom-based pigments as a sustainable substitute for synthetic dyes in the textile industry. It discusses isolation methods and the current/future prospects of these eco-friendly pigments.

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    Muhammad Zulqurnain Haider, Naveed Sultan, Noman Habib & Muhammad Arslan Ashraf

  2. Department of Applied Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Shahid Adeel

  3. Department of Organic Colorants, Institute for Color Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Mozhgan Hosseinnezhad

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Haider, M.Z., Adeel, S., Sultan, N., Habib, N., Ashraf, M.A., Hosseinnezhad, M. (2023). Mushroom-Based Natural Dyes for Sustainable Color in Textiles. In: Muthu, S.S. (eds) Natural Dyes and Sustainability. Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47471-2_5

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