The Formulation of Body Scrub Combining 96% Ethanol Extract of Avocado Seeds (Persea americana Mill) and Red Rice Flour (Oryza nivara) with Honey Added

Mariam Ulfah (Department of Pharmacy, Universitas Muhammadiyah Ahmad Dahlan Cirebon)
Teguh Adiyas Putra (Department of Pharmacy, Universitas Muhammadiyah Ahmad Dahlan Cirebon)
Rehan Nur Afiani Hajilah (Department of Pharmacy, Universitas Muhammadiyah Ahmad Dahlan Cirebon)

Formosa Journal of Science and Technology (FJST)
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2025): February 2025

Avocado seeds (Persea americana Mill) contain secondary metabolite compounds that have many benefits that can be utilized to develop natural ingredient-based pharmaceutical preparations such as body scrub. While red rice is a natural antioxidant and natural keratolytic ingredient. This study aims to formulate an avocado seed based body scrub. The experimental method and divided into 3 groups with different concentrations of 5%, 15%, and 25%. The physical evaluation carried out includes organoleptic, homogeneity, pH, spreadability, stickness, centrifugation, stability, irritation, and hedonic test. The results showed that the scrub preparations made had met the requirements of the physical quality test and the best was formula 1 with 5% extract concentration, brown in color, semi-solid texture with vanilla and extract odor.