Develop Of Solid Soap Using Terfezia Claveryi Extract And Evaluation Of Its Antioxidant Activity

Abstract

Recently, studies have become increasingly interested in natural antioxidants extracted from Terfezia claveryi due to their ability to enhance body health and prevent common modern diseases. They meet most of the body's needs for prevention, treatment, tissue and cell restoration, and treatment of oxidative stress, which is a common use in the current time. T. claveryi has been identified as a potential fresh cosmetic source due to its biologically active compounds such as phenols, flavonoids, beta-carotene, and tannin. The aim of the current study was to develop solid soap using T.claveryi extract and evaluate its antioxidant activity. The solid soap was manufactured using the traditional cold method.

The results showed the effect of T. claveryi extract in modifying the acidity (pH) of the soap, which reached 7.83. It indicates that the ability of T. claveryi extract to reduce the pH value of the soap compared to soap that does not contain extracts. T. claveryi soap has a foam stability of 47.29% and the control soap has a foam stability of 45.16% and after one hour the stability rate was 95%, so the T. claveryi extract soap has better foam stability compared to the control soap. It enhances the possibility of using T.claveryi extracts to improve the foam properties of transparent solid soap. The antioxidant activity test showed that T.claveryi soap has an antioxidant activity at the highest concentration of 500 mg/ml and a rate of 25.39% compared to the control soap 0.508%. It supports the effectiveness of using T.claveryi extract soap in skin care products such as whitening, moisturizing and anti-aging, while the control soap does not have any antioxidant activity.