African marigold [Tagetes erecta L.], a major source of carotenoids and Lutin, is grown as a cut flower and a garden flower, in addition to being grown for its medicinal values. Marigold flowers [Tagetes ], which are yellow to orange red in colour, are a rich source of lutein, a carotenoid pigment. Nowadays, Lutein is becoming an increasingly popular active ingredient used in the Food Industry ...

Biocolourants and sustainable textile materials have gained growing interest. Traditionally natural dyes been used for dyeing wool silk, but demand cotton regenerated cellulose fibres increases because of their popularity especially in clothing. This study expands the dye research to one latest innovations among cellulosic fibres, i.e. Ioncell®. It explains first time dyeability Ioncell–F with ...