Formulation, Physical Quality Evaluation, and Antioxidant Activity of Body Butter of Ethanol Extract of Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) Peel

Agustina Nila Yuliawati,Kadek Duwi Cahyadi

doi:10.22146/mot.51763

Abstract

Dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) has polyphenols as an antioxidant. It has known that the antioxidant content of dragon fruit peels was more than in the flesh, so it can be used as a source of natural antioxidants to replace synthetic antioxidants. The use of dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) peel, especially as topical preparations in the form of body butter, was still rarely done, whereas dragon fruit peel as an antioxidant can be used as an active ingredient of cosmetics. The purpose of this study was to obtain the body butter formula of ethanol extract of dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) peel and its physical quality evaluation, to know the antioxidant activity of ethanol extract of dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) peel and its body butter. This research was an experimental study with the stages of research consisting of determination of native plants, making ethanol extract of dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) peel, ensuring its activity antioxidant, performing body butter formulation procedures, carrying out physical quality evaluation such as organoleptic, homogeneity, pH, spread, protection, and adhesion ability, then antioxidant activity of its body butter. The result of this research showed that the ethanol extract of dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) peel has a moderate level of antioxidant (Antioxidant Activity Index / AAI = 0,88). Furthermore, body butter which has contains antioxidant content of ethanol extract of dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) peel as much as 0.5% has the best physical quality evaluation during storage and the highest AAI (0,54) among other body butter formulas.

Highlights

Dragon fruit is one type of tropical fruit that has biologically active compounds such as antioxidants (Omidizadeh et al, 2011)
It could happen because natural antioxidants were considered to have a higher level of security compared to synthetic antioxidants such as BHT and BHA which have the potential to have a carcinogenic effect in toxicology studies (Thorat, 2013)
*Corresponding author : Agustina Nila Yuliawati Email : aging of the skin due to sun exposure by favoring the antioxidant activity of dragon fruit peels which is greater than the flesh of the fruit (Le Bellec et al, 2006; Wu et al, 2006)

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Dragon fruit is one type of tropical fruit that has biologically active compounds such as antioxidants (Omidizadeh et al, 2011). Because of the health benefits of dragon fruit, the consumption of this fruit was increasingly high It has an impact on the remaining dragon fruit peels that were thrown away and have not been used optimally so that its peels become food waste that was able to pollute the environment (Zain and Nazeri, 2016). Both the peel and the flesh of the dragon fruit contain polyphenols as a source of natural antioxidants replacing synthetic antioxidants (Wu et al, 2006). Coconut oil Cyclomethicone Cocoa butter Olive oil Water phase: Triethanolamine Glycerine Methylparaben Aqua dest

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