Authors : S.J. Anzene and M.O. Aremu
Abstract: The people of Nasarawa State, Nigeria had been engaged in traditional soap making prior to the advent of known conventional soaps and this practice has continued to date. The traditional soap tagged, Black Soap and conventional soaps (medicated and laundry) were analyzed for quality and antiseptic properties assessment using standard techniques. A comparison of results on pH, moisture content, Total Fatty Matter (TFM), free alkanity/acidity, chloride content, foamability and alcohol insoluble parameters showed that there were sharp differences in these parameters between Black soap and medicated soaps but striking similarities in some of the parameters (pH, foamability, TFM, chloride and free acidity) between Black Soap and laundry soaps. This suggests that Black Soap is more of laundry soap than medicated one.
S.J. Anzene and M.O. Aremu , 2007. Quality and Antiseptic Properties Assessment of Indigenous Black Soap Produced in Nasarawa State, Nigeria . Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2: 1297-1300.