BIO-HAND SANITIZER BASED ON LIME AND LEAVES BETEL Kumara Dimas Setiawan1, Angelica Maratu1, Pusfianty1, Tasya Amanda1, Roehanul Janah1, Revita Sari1, Dr. Nila Tanyela B1
Universitas Pertamina
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the awareness community on health. The number of antiseptic products on the market provides a choice for people to choose alcoholic or non-alcoholic hand sanitizers. Most of the commercialized hand sanitizers are alcohol-based 70% to 90%. For some people, the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers is not friendly for sensitive skin. Extraction of lime peel by softening method, betel leaf extract by reflux, mixing of ingredients with organic hand sanitizer, antibacterial activity test, sensory test. Quercetin is a flavonoid of the flavanols type which has antimicrobial, antiviral, and other properties found in betel leaf and orange peel. Quercetin at high concentrations is active against various microorganisms (one of which is Escherichia coli) and viruses. Based on (Fajarwati,2013), the extraction process of lime and betel leaf using ethanol as a solvent increases the yield of quercetin compounds. one of these solutions is to make a bio-hand-sanitizer based on betel leaf and lime peel. Betel leaf contains chemicals that are useful for antiseptic, antibacterial, and antioxidant substances. Lime peel contains flavonoid compounds that are useful for antioxidants, antiseptics, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial properties. The result of the study lime peel extraction using a dark brown rotary evaporator with the smell of lime peel and betel leaf using reflux distillation for 5 hours is blackish brown. The result of the inhibition test using the Disk Diffusion Test method showed the effectiveness of the hand sanitizer (sample) was slightly ambiguous. Result from organoleptic testing that bio-hand sanitizer products based on lime peel and betel leaf are quite attractive to respondents.
