Various components such as Tin, Arsenic, Mercury, Lead, Copper are used as the biocides. These components are polluting the environment affecting the marine life. The paper contents the use of herbal extract as the antifouling agent and approach for quantitative estimation of the antifouling activity of the Curcuma longa extract as compare to that of tin.
Antifouling, Curcuma longa, Leaching, Paint, Gleocapsa
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