Abstract:
This experimental research aimed to extract Cissampelos pareira leaves, develop formulations, evaluate stability, and test the moisturizing efficacy of hand sanitizer gel containing moisturizing agents from C. pareira leaf extract. The results showed that the polysaccharides extracted from C. pareira leaves yielded 30.45 ± 1.18 percent of dry plant weight. After preparing hand sanitizer gels containing moisturizing agents from C. pareira leaf extract at different extract concentrations, gel formation was observed in all formulations. All formulations showed good stability under accelerated conditions, with F2 being the most suitable formula due to its moderate texture and less intense color, making it the chosen formulation for efficacy testing. The pathogenic microbial contamination test showed no contamination of four microorganisms (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, and Clostridium spp. The formulation demonstrated 99.99% inhibition efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus within 1 minute. The moisturizing efficacy test in 30 volunteers after using 15, 30, 60, 90 and 120 minutes of use showed that the experimental formulation significantly increased skin moisture content at the 0.05 statistical significance level compared to baseline. Furthermore, the experimental formulation showed significantly higher average skin moisture content than the control formulation (p < 0.05) at all measurement period, and participants reported high satisfaction levels for both the experimental and control formulations.