Research Trends of Natural and Natural-derived Surfactant in Raw Materials

Abstract

This paper would like to identify the technological trends in the cosmetics market to analyze the efficacy and characteristics of natural and natural-derived surfactants in raw materials. The methods were investigated and analyzed in research and patents over the past decade at Riss and google scholar. Most of the natural surfactant from raw materials have been extracted using ethanol from green tea, soapberry, and Saponaria. Also, the isolated components of surfactant have been saponin as a wash. The natural-derived surfactant was exchanged and synthesized from raw materials such as soybeans, coconut, olives, etc. Moreover, the range of raw materials was expanded to amino acids and saccharides, and the utilization was expanded to oil, cleaning, and solubilization. The result of studies has shown that most of the natural surfactants of a single extract were as washes that the effect was limitations in the range of use or cannot be commercialized due to economic feasibility. However, composed of two or more types of extracts could increase the surfactant activity and the use of emulsion and solubilization could develop the possibility of use.