Elaboración y control de calidad de un desodorante en barra a base de Cymbopogon citratus (hierba luisa) Y Thymus sp. (tomillo)

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to focus on the phytocosmetic industry in Ecuador that is little explored, therefore, there are very few companies in charge of developing plant-based cosmetics for skin care. One of the limiting factors for progress in the development of phytocosmetics is the need to import most of the raw materials from Colombia, the United States, and Brazil, among others, which affects the cost of production of phytocosmetics. Therefore, the objective of the present work was to elaborate a deodorant stick based on Lemon verbena (Cymbopogon citratus) and Thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.). For this purpose, a field research methodology was used, where the amount of plant material collected was 2 kg of both Cymbopogon citratus (lemon verbena) and Thymus vulgaris L. (thyme), which was used to produce a deodorant stick. (thyme), which was obtained from the factory of the Association of Producers of Medicinal Plants of Chimborazo "Jambi Kiwa" (Riobamba), where 100% organic medicinal plants are marketed, without pesticides and free of chemicals, which proceeded by the process of drying, grinding, quality control of plant materials with organoleptic, botanical, physicochemical tests, and with the raw material ready we proceeded to the formulation of phytocosmetic placing in dosed quantities all the ingredients to obtain the final product, to finally take the packaging and labeling for presentation. The result was the successful development of the deodorant stick, which was demonstrated in a workshop where the development of the product was explained, starting with the raw material, its properties, and functions of the product, all the phases of the production process, and finally, answering all the doubts that the participants had. In conclusion, the quality of the phytocosmetic product was tested and it was exposed to several methods that proved the compliance with the quality parameters.