scholarly journals Enhancement of Spirulina platensis Growth Using Humic Acid for Soap Production

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Keyword(s):  
Humic Acid ◽  
Olive Oil ◽  
Spirulina Platensis ◽  
Aloe Vera ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Enhanced Production ◽  
Aloe Vera Gel ◽  
Soap Production ◽  
Ideal Composition ◽  
Total Fatty Matter

Spirulina is a pure and natural whole food, containing no synthetic ingredients or preservatives, consumed as Single Cell Proteins (SCP) by human beings and animals. This study focused on the use of Spirulina. Influence of Humic acid (HA) along with the medium was studied in this paper for the enhanced production of Spirulina platensis for soap production. Spirulina platensis was cultivated with an optimum concentration of humic acid. This study used Spirulina for manufacturing natural soap with various components such as Olive oil, Aloe vera, and NaOH by employing RSM (Response surface methodology) –CCD (Central composite design). Optimization of soap production from Spirulina is done using different concentrations of Olive oil, Aloe vera, and NaOH, which included (30th trail). The TFM (Total fatty matter) of soap is 80%, and its alkalinity is 9.0 ± 0.5, respectively. The present study suggests that Spirulina plantensis grown in OFERR medium with 0.9% of humic acid was found to produce maximum biomass. The ideal composition for the improvement of soap was Spirulina - 3.75gm, Olive oil - 37.5ml, Aloe vera gel - 15gm, and NaOH - 2gm with Spirulina being the key component.

scholarly journals Cultivation of Spirulina platensis Having Humic Acid as Substrate for Soap Production

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 8895-8903
Keyword(s):  
Humic Acid ◽  
Olive Oil ◽  
Spirulina Platensis ◽  
Aloe Vera ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Enhanced Production ◽  
Aloe Vera Gel ◽  
Soap Production ◽  
Ideal Composition ◽  
Total Fatty Matter

Spirulina is a pure and natural whole food, containing no synthetic ingredients or preservatives, consumed as Single Cell Proteins (SCP) by human beings and animals. In this study, Spirulina was cultivated with 0.9 % Humic acid (HA) along with the OFERR medium for the enhanced production of Spirulina platensis. The obtained Spirulina platensis was used for manufacturing natural soap with various components such as Olive oil, Aloe vera, and NaOH by employing RSM (Response surface methodology) –CCD (Central composite design). The soap produced having the optimal condition was found to have TFM (Total fatty matter) - 80%, and alkalinity - 9.0. The ideal composition for the improvement of soap was S. platensis - 3.75 g, Olive oil - 37.5 mL, Aloe vera gel – 15 g, and NaOH – 2 g with S. platensis being the key component.

scholarly journals Extending vase life of carnation flowers by postharvest nano silver, humic acid and Aloe Vera gel treatments

2022 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-77
Author(s):  
Asmaa Bader El-din Sayed El-Attar ◽  
Weaam Ramadan Arafa Sakr
Keyword(s):  
Humic Acid ◽  
Aloe Vera ◽  
Dianthus Caryophyllus ◽  
Flower Color ◽  
Early Morning ◽  
Vase Life ◽  
Distilled Water ◽  
Cut Flowers ◽  
Aloe Vera Gel ◽  
Flower Diameter

Abstract Standard Carnation flowers (Dianthus caryophyllus cv. Dover) were harvested at the paint brush stage in the early morning, pre-cooled at 4° C for 6-h then moved under dry conditions to the laboratory. Flowers were weighted and treated for 24-h with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) at 0, 5 or 10 ppm in plastic buckets. After pulsing treatments, cut flowers were transferred to 500 mL glass jars containing 300 mL of preservation solution treatments including, individually, humic acid at 200, 400 or 600 ppm and Aloe vera gel at 2.5%, 5.0% or 7.5% (w/v) till the end of the experiment (when flower color began to fade, petals began to roll). Distilled water was used for the control and to prepare the tested solutions. 2% sucrose was added to all treatments including the control. Addition of all preservatives to vase solutions significantly increased all the studied characteristics of cut flowers compared to control (distilled water, least values). Nanosilver treatments have the potential to be used as preservative solutions for improving postharvest vase life and quality of carnation flowers. An increment in vase life, relative fresh weight, vase solution uptake, flower diameter as well as total chlorophylls in leaves, total carbohydrates and total phenols in leaves and petals was observed, in addition to a decrease in bacterial counts in vase solution. Best results were obtained using 5 ppm AgNPs + 5.0% Aloe vera gel followed by 5 ppm AgNPs +7.5% Aloe vera gel solutions. Aloe vera gel, especially 5.0% level, showed better results than humic acid when used alone or combined with AgNPs. Nanosilver at 5 ppm recorded better results than 10 ppm when used as a single treatment.

Effect of Aloe Vera Gel on Severity of Radiation Induced Dermatitis among Patients after Mastectomy

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1499
Author(s):  
Eman Tharwat Mohamed ◽  
Nawal Ebeid Hanna ◽  
Dalia Salah El-Deen ◽  
Soad Hanna Tadros ◽  
Noha Yehia Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Aloe Vera ◽  
Aloe Vera Gel ◽  
Radiation Induced

Evaluation of Isolated Fractions of Aloe vera Gel Materials on Indinavir Pharmacokinetics: In vitro and in vivo Studies

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lonette Wallis ◽  
Maides Malan ◽  
Chrisna Gouws ◽  
Dewald Steyn ◽  
Suria Ellis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aloe Vera ◽  
In Vivo Studies ◽  
Aloe Vera Gel

Gastrointestinal Region Specific Insulin Permeation Enhancement by Aloe vera Gel

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-122
Author(s):  
Elizca Pretorius ◽  
Clarissa Willers ◽  
Josias H. Hamman ◽  
Johan D. Steyn
Keyword(s):  
Gastrointestinal Tract ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Aloe Vera ◽  
Diffusion Chamber ◽  
Proximal Jejunum ◽  
Absorption Enhancers ◽  
Permeation Enhancement ◽  
Insulin Transport ◽  
Aloe Vera Gel ◽  
Specific Insulin

Background: The oral administration route is still the most preferred by patients for drug treatment, but is unfortunately not suitable for all drug compounds. For example, protein and peptide drugs (e.g. insulin) are typically administered via injection seeing as they are unstable in the gastrointestinal luminal environment and have poor membrane permeation properties. To overcome this problem, functional excipients such as drug absorption enhancers can be co-administered. Although Aloe vera gel has the ability to improve the permeation of drugs across the intestinal epithelium, its drug permeation enhancing effect has not been investigated in the different regions of the gastrointestinal tract yet. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the insulin permeation enhancing effects of A. vera gel material across excised pig intestinal tissues from different regions of the gastrointestinal tract and to identify the gastrointestinal region where the highest insulin permeation enhancement was achieved. : Insulin transport across excised pig intestinal tissues from the duodenum, proximal jejunum, medial jejunum, distal jejunum, ileum and colon was measured in the absence and presence of A. vera gel (0.5% w/v) using both the Sweetana-Grass diffusion chamber and everted sac techniques. Results: The insulin permeation results obtained from both ex vivo techniques showed varied permeation enhancing effects of A. vera gel as a function of the different regions of the gastrointestinal tract. The colon was identified as the gastrointestinal region where A. vera gel was the most effective in terms of insulin permeation enhancement in the Sweetana-Grass diffusion chamber technique with a Papp value of 5.50 x 10-7 cm.s-1, whereas the ileum was the region where the highest permeation enhancement occurred in the everted sac technique with a Papp value of 5.45 x 10-7 cm.s-1. Conclusion: The gastrointestinal permeation enhancing effects of A. vera gel on insulin is region specific with the highest effect observed in the ileum and colon.

scholarly journals Synthesis of BMA NPs using aloe vera gel for their electrochemical, biological and photocatalytic studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 100017
Author(s):  
M. Vasudha ◽  
Devaraja Gayathri ◽  
Soundarya S Gurum ◽  
MR Kavya ◽  
HP Nagaswarupa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aloe Vera ◽  
Aloe Vera Gel

Influence of aloe-vera gel mediated CuO coated LiNiPO4 cathode material in rechargeable battery applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 108459
Author(s):  
S. Pavithra ◽  
A. Priya ◽  
M. Jayachandran ◽  
T. Vijayakumar ◽  
T. Maiyalagan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cathode Material ◽  
Aloe Vera ◽  
Rechargeable Battery ◽  
Aloe Vera Gel
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