Natural dyes for textiles : sources chemistry and applications Natural Dyes for Textiles: Sources Chemistry and Applications is an in depth guide to natural dyes offering complete and practical coverage of the whole dyeing process from source selection to post treatments. The book identifies plants with high dye content that are viable for commercial use and provides valuable quantitative information regarding extraction and fastness properties to aid dye selection. The book presents newer natural dyes in detail according to their suitability for cotton fabrics silk fabrics and wool yarn before describing the application of each dye. Extraction of plant parts for isolation of colorants chromatographic techniques for separation spectroscopic analysis of the isolated colorants structure elucidation biomordanting pretreatments and post treatments are also covered. Prepared by an expert author with many years of experience in researching and writing on natural textile dyes this book is an important resource for academic researchers post graduate students textile manufacturers technicians dye practitioners and those involved in textile dye research and development. Written by an expert author with many years of experience in researching and writing on natural textile dyes