Antibacterial potential of liquid hand soap with Piper aduncum leaf extract
Journal Title: International Journal of Life Science - Year 2019, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Liquid soaps containing antimicrobial active ingredients take away more bacteria as compared to plain soaps. This study was conducted to formulate a liquid hand soap with P. aduncum leaf extract as an organic antibacterial component. The physico-chemical properties was evaluated to determine the quality, efficiency, and cleansing properties of the liquid soap. The antibacterial potential was measured using the disc diffusion method. The pH values of the different formulated liquid hand soaps are within the accepted pH range of 8.5-10.5. In foam retention capacity, the 25% concentration of P. aduncum has the longest time duration of 110 minutes whereas the 75% concentration of P. aduncum has the shortest time duration of 75 minutes. Results revealed that the zone of inhibition of commercial liquid hand soap significantly vary as compared to the formulated liquid hand soaps with P. aduncum crude extract. However, among the formulated liquid hand soaps with P. aduncum crude extract, it all exhibited antibacterial activity in terms of zone of inhibition up to 16 hours, but not as greater as the commercial liquid hand soap. It was therefore proven that P. aduncum crude extract is not effective as an antibacterial component in the formulation of liquid hand soap.
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Alea Ester T. Ordoyo, Melbert C. Sepe
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