The Formulation of Body Scrub Combining 96% Ethanol Extract of Avocado Seeds (Persea americana Mill) and Red Rice Flour (Oryza nivara) with Honey Added
Avocado seeds (Persea americana Mill) contain secondary metabolite compounds that have many benefits that can be utilized to develop natural ingredient-based pharmaceutical preparations such as body scrub. While red rice is a natural antioxidant and natural keratolytic ingredient. This study aims to formulate an avocado seed based body scrub. The experimental method and divided into 3 groups with different concentrations of 5%, 15%, and 25%. The physical evaluation carried out includes organoleptic, homogeneity, pH, spreadability, stickness, centrifugation, stability, irritation, and hedonic test. The results showed that the scrub preparations made had met the requirements of the physical quality test and the best was formula 1 with 5% extract concentration, brown in color, semi-solid texture with vanilla and extract odor.
Authors
- Teguh Adiyas Putra
- Mariam Ulfah
- Rehan Nur Afiani Hajilah
Institutions
- Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (ID)
- Universitas Muhammadiyah Cirebon (ID)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Formosa Journal of Science and Technology
- Published
- 2025-02-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.55927/fjst.v4i2.15
- Primary Topic
- Food and Agricultural Sciences
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00