Antioxidant Tests of cosmetic ingredients and products for Business Owners in Thailand and Asia

An Antioxidant Test is a method designed to evaluate the properties of antioxidants present in the tested cosmetic ingredients or biological sources. Antioxidants are substances that are assumed to be beneficial fighting against free radicals which may damage cells and play a role in causing aging, heart disease, cancer, and other diseases. Antioxidants evalue the properties of antioxidants in the tested ingredients or biological sources. Finally, the analysis report of the ingredient will be produced, and the usage guideline and effectiveness of the ingredient will be given in the report.

There are many antioxidant test methods to evaluate antioxidant properties in a tested cosmetic ingredient or product. Both in-vitro (non-animal test) tests and in-vivo tests are available.

There are 3 types of In-Vitro antioxidant test methods available in the capacity of TIBD. These tests are not only used in evaluating and analysing antioxidant properties, but they are also used in evaluating anti-bacterial activities, flavonoid contents, total phenolic contents, and tyrosinase activities.

The DPPH method offers the first approach to measure the antioxidant potential of a natural ingredient extract, a compound, or other biological sources. The DPPH test method is considered the simplest method. The tested compound or ingredient is mixed with a DPPH solution for a defined period of time. Then, the absorbance is recorded to interpret the properties of antioxidants in the tested compound or ingredient.

ABTS assay is designed to evaluate the relative ability of antioxidants to discover ABTS generated in aqueous phase. ABTS is produced by reacting with a strong oxidizing agent and the ABTS salt. ABTS assay method is usually expressed as Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity. The method has a good repeatability and it is simple to perform For this reason, this method is widely used.

FRAP assay is also used to evaluate antioxidants capacity of a tested natural ingredient extract, compound, and other biological sources. This test method is based on the reduction of the complex of ferric iron to the ferrous form at low pH. A diode-array spectrophotometer is used to monitor The reduction by measuring the change in absorption at 593. Three millimeter of FRAP is prepared and mixed with 100 IL of diluted tested product samples. Then, the absorbance at 593 nm is recorded and incubated for 30 minutes at the temperature of 37 ℃ in order to obtain FRAP value.

There are many benefits associated with conducting Antioxidant Tests. Some of the benefits from many are as followed:

• Proven research and results increase the credibility of the products and ingredients
• The test results can be used in marketing campaigns
• Proven research and result increase confidence of customers to try the products
• Business owners will be able to prevent themselves from spending huge investment in time and money if the products or ingredients are not effective as expected.
• The analysis report of the effectiveness and the usage guideline of the product and ingredient are expected by customers.