Antioxidant, Skin Cleansing and Hydrating, Foaming Properties of Non-toxic and Non-irritant Botanical Surfactant Saponins Extracted from Pu'er Tea (Black Tea) Seeds To Be Used in Cosmetic Industry

Natural and sustainable trends around the world is an inevitable choice for cosmetic industry, thus various ingredients including surfactants derived from renewable and sustainable sources are technically innovative cornerstone, compared with synthetic ones. Natural products and natural product -based agents have been known to play crucial roles in many industries including the cosmetic industry. The main objective of the current research work was to isolate botanical based saponins from Pu'er tea (black tea) seeds along with studying their properties like surface tension reduction, foam power, hard water resistance, Skin/Eye safety and radical -scavenging ability. The botanical based saponins (BTS) exhibited excellent surface activity (surfactivity), foam performance, mildness and antioxidant properties. These findings point out to the fact that botanical based saponins can be potential alternatives to synthetic surfactants in cosmetic industry.