UTILIZATION OF MORINGA OLEIFERA LEAVES FOR MAKING HAND SANITIZERS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 VIRUS
Fahmi Arifan (a*), Wisnu Broto (a), Enrico Fendy Sapatra (a), Alfyan Pujiastuti (a)

a. Chemical Industrial Engineering Technology, Vocational School, Diponegoro Univesity, Jl.Prof Soedarto, MH Semarang
*fahmiarifan80[at]gmail.com

Abstract

Nowadays, the presence of Covid-19 in Indonesia is so terrible. But in truth, this virus can be prevented by maintaining personal hygiene. One of the simplest ways to maintain personal hygiene is to wash your hands and use hand sanitizers as a practical measure if there is no time to wash hands, or because of limited water in certain places. Moringa leaves contain natural antiseptic ingredients, such as polyphenols. Antiseptic material can be processed into natural hand sanitizers. The results of various tests that have been carried out, such as organoleptic test, viscosity test, scattering test, and antibacterial test, have shown that the percolation extraction method used to extract hand sanitizers can produce extracts that can be processed into hand sanitizers which comply with hand sanitizer quality standards. Moringa leaf extract hand sanitizer has a high number of antibacterial components, namely saponins, triterpenoids, and tannins. The best result shows by 24 minutes of the percolator, with heating temperature 40 C and stirring time 45 minutes. From that results obtained a viscosity 2120 Cps, 4.79 cm of scattering test, and the average diameter of inhibition zones of 23.33 mm and fulfill the required standard.

Keywords: Covid-19, hand sanitizers, Moringa leaves

Topic: Environment, Health, and Safety