Natural preservatives from fruit peels
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In all packaged foods and cosmetics preservatives play an important role.Synthetic preservatives have been reported to be unhealthy and can be carcinogenic too.Thus, natural antioxidants as preservatives are gaining attention because of their remarkable characteristics of prevention of auto-oxidation in fats, oils and fat containing products.Thus, this study is undertaken to extract antioxidants to be used as preservatives.It involves extraction of compounds from sunlight dried fruit peels of Papaya, Watermelon and Kiwi by two methods: cold percolation and Soxhlet extraction methods using ethanol as solvent.In addition to determining antimicrobial activity by agar cup method, qualitative analysis for phenolic content, antioxidant content determination by Folin-Ciocalteu method and reductive power assay methods were also performed.Application of all fruit peel extracts as natural preservative is an important aspect of this study.All three fruit peel extracts were added to freshly prepared face-Cream in different concentrations and further stored.Sensory analysis and efficacy testing of preservatives in face cream was also done to detect its effectivity.Amongst all, Papaya fruit peels showed high amount of antioxidants followed by Kiwi and Watermelon extracts.All extracts showed considerable amount of efficacy as preservative in face cream preparations.K (C): Kiwi fruit peel extracts by cold percolation method; K(S): Kiwi fruit peel extracts by Soxhlet method; W(C): Watermelon fruit peel extracts by cold percolation method; W(S): Watermelon fruit peel extracts by Soxhlet method; P(C): Papaya fruit peel extracts by cold percolation method; P(S): Papaya fruit peel extracts by Soxhlet method
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Natural-based ingredients frequently include vitamins, antioxidants, and vital fatty acids that can help skin stay hydrated, fight against environmental stressors, and encourage the creation of collagen.
“These ingredients frequently include vitamins, antioxidants, and vital fatty acids that can help skin stay hydrated, fight against environmental stressors, and even encourage the creation of collagen, which helps skin look younger (90).”
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The Introduction describes antioxidants, including vitamin E, as counteracting oxidative damage, and the Conclusion reports antioxidant-rich fruit-peel extracts used as preservatives in face cream. The paper does not establish that these ingredients hydrate skin, promote collagen production, or make skin look younger; it also does not identify essential fatty acids as components of the extracts. The cited evidence concerns preservative activity, not those skin benefits. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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“These ingredients frequently include vitamins, antioxidants, and vital fatty acids that can help skin stay hydrated, fight against environmental stressors, and even encourage the creation of collagen, which helps skin look younger (90).”
Background
- Authors
- Ashok Patil, T., & Jain, L.
- ORCID
- Jain, Lolly
- Venue
- ACTA SCIENTIFIC MICROBIOLOGY
- Published
- 2020-05-28
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 152-157
- ISSN
- 2581-3226 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3034092053
- Cited by
- 3
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1
- FWCI
- 0.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- ACTA SCIENTIFIC MICROBIOLOGY (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Agricultural and Biological Research
- Keywords
- natural preservatives, fruit peel extract, antioxidants, papaya peel, watermelon peel, face cream, antimicrobial activity, phenolic content, reducing power, Soxhlet extraction
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