An antifungal body soap from stem bark of Entada spiralis Ridl.(Akar Sintok) as a new cosmeticeutical product

• Main Authors: Mat So'ad, Siti Zaiton, Harun, Aiza, Mohd Hassan, Norazian, Che Mohd Ramli, Neni Kartini, Abdullah, Jariah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Research, Industrial Linkage Industry, Community& Alumni Network Division, UiTM Pulau Pinang 2013
• Subjects: RS Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/35355/1/siti_zaiton.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/35355/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The stem bark of Entada spiralis Ridl. locally known as “sintok” has been used traditionally for generations as washing agent, syampoo and body soap. The formation of foam when stem bark agitated in water gave indication of the presence of saponin. The phytochemical investigations of methanolic extr...