The influence of textile materials on a physical condition of skin

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23650454
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	General human life sciences
Research Institution	Shizuoka University
Principal Investigator	SAWATARI Chie 静岡大学, 教育学部, 教授 (70196319)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords	衣環境 / 被服繊維 / 衛生 / 皮膚 / 汗 / におい / 皮膚常在菌 / 被服材料
Research Abstract	Improvement of the comfort in the recent artificial fiber is remarkable. Nevertheless, the general people have recognition that cotton is optimum in the underwear. The purpose of this research is to explore the influence of textile materials on a physical condition of skin by contamination of sweat and staphylococcus. Eleven kinds of fabrics were tested. The inhibition of the growth of staphylococcus was recognized in the bamboo cloth. The rises of pH after sweat wetting was the smallest in MXP cloth.