Mohd Alif Afife Dzulfakar

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | ukm · Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Cool powder is a traditional cosmetic product used by locals. The flooding of various cosmetic in the market this domestically produced pastilles has lost its lustre. The production of cool powder, fondly known is Bahasa Malaysia as "bedak sejuk" is still using a traditional method which passes from generation to generation. To start the process, t...

Backgraound/Objectives: At present, no study has been conducted to evaluate the safety of bedak sejuk as a cosmetic product. Hence in this study, the safety evaluation of bedak sejuk which is used daily by Malaysians was investigated. Methods: Five assessment tests were studied on physicochemical properties of bedak sejuk which includes determinati...

Bedak sejuk is a traditional fermented rice based cosmetic used by women in Malaysia. To date, the production of both homemade and commercial bedak sejuk depends on natural fermentation without using starter cultures. Here, we monitored the microbial population and evaluate the degradation of rice starch in the initial batch fermentation of bedak s...

Bedak sejuk is a Malaysian traditional cosmetic product. Rice grains were soaked in water during its production at least for two weeks or until the rice completely dissolved. During the soaking process, natural fermentation will be occurred. The aim for the present study is to investigate the influence of natural fermentation on the particle size c...

This research was done to determine the amino acids and fatty acids profiles in bedak sejuk and its soaking water. The results of shows 16 out of 17 types of amino acids detected in both bedak sejuk and soaking water. The amino acids detected were aspartic acid, serine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, arginine, threonine, alanine, proline, tyros...

Bedak sejuk is a traditional fermented rice based cosmetic used by women in Malaysia. The production of bedak sejuk is simple but takes time to produce as repeated soaking are needed to get fine rice flour at the end of the production. During the soaking of rice grains, natural fermentation will occur. Here, we monitored the surface morphological s...

Backgraound/Objectives: During the production of bedak sejuk (local face powder cosmetic made from rice), the soaking water were changed intermittently because of its pungent smell, believe to be caused by microbial reactions. In this initial investigation, we monitored the microbial population in the series of batch fermentation of bedak sejuk. Me...

Bedak sejuk, is a traditional cosmetic product that still being used and fond by many women in Malaysia. It is produced by the traditional methods that passed from generation to generation. Rice grains were soaked in water at least for three months or until it fully dissolved. The aim of the study is to determine the effects of soaking on rice gran...

Bedak sejuk, a non-chemical contained pastilles are a traditional Malaysian cosmetic product using rice as a main ingredient. This natural product is not getting much intention nowadays due to the flooding of various modern cosmetics in the market either from local or oversea brand. It is reported that the Chinese and Japanese were the first to use...