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Versão em português
Conservar Património,
no. 3-4 , 2006,
pp. 39-51,
Portuguese

 

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Natural dyestuffs from Antiquity to modern days

Maria Eduarda Machado de Araújo
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
eduaraujo@fc.ul.pt

Abstract

Since a long time that mankind uses of dyes for recreational purposes.They had been used to color different goods but manly to dye clothes and other textiles. This paper presents some of the most used dyestuffs since Antiquity to nowadays, obtained from vegetal or animal sources. It also presents the plants, or animals, from where they were extracted, their major components and chemical structures.

Keywords

Dyestuffs, textiles, natural dyes.

Language

Portuguese

Original title

Corantes naturais para têxteis – da Antiguidade aos tempos modernos

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