Open AccessEnhancement of Spirulina platensis Growth Using Humic Acid for Soap Production
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
proceedings international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2668-6384
DOI - 10.33263/proceedings21.049049
Subject(s) - spirulina (dietary supplement) , aloe vera , food science , chemistry , response surface methodology , biology , botany , raw material , chromatography , organic chemistry
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.