Siti Roihan Ibrahim, Hamidah Jaafar Sidek, Nur Amira Abdul Lateh, Mohamad Azhar Azman and Mohamad Azli Azman
Keywords: Antibacterial soap, Skin infection bacteria, Agar Disc Diffusion Method , Momordica charantia, Aloe barbadensis
Abstract: Antibacterial activity is defined as activity of an agent that kill bacteria or stop their growth. The presence of antibacterial extract from higher plants can be used as a potential agent that prevent bacterial infections on the skin. Certain pathogens from external environment sometimes can give infections to human skin such as skin rashes and allergic reaction rashes. It can be prevented by effective protection like antibacterial soap. MomoVera Bath De Bomb is an antibacterial soap that is made with the antibacterial bioactive compounds in the plant extracts that are effective against bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This product is made as a medium to give protection for human skin. This product also can nourish the skin with the presence of natural ingredients. Antibacterial activity for this product was tested by the agar disk diffusion method. The result obtained revealed that the synergistic effect between Momordica charantia and Aloe barbadensis extracts in this product gives an effective antibacterial activity that can act as skin protection.