Application

As humans become more aware of the threat that ultraviolet radiation beholds, humans are becoming more health conscious. This can be seen from the sudden surge in beauty and healthcare products in the market as compared to the 1990s. Antioxidants serve as a key component in slowing down the aging process of the skin as well as to reduce chances of skin cancer. In beauty products such as facial wash, antioxidants would be ideal in maintaining the vitality of the skin. In healthcare products such as sunblock, antioxidants would significantly reduce ultraviolet radiation damage, even more so as it is not affected by the Sun Protection Factor (SPF). However, the crux of the application of using fruit peels would be in recycling and maintain a low production cost. Fruits peels are treated as a form of waste product, and thus by converting these waste into useful compounds we would aid in being environmental friendly, making full use of whatever wastage we have. And since fruit peels are wastes, it would be cheap to obtain. Unlike man-made chemical compounds which require specialization in production which are costly, fruit peels are readily available and thus would cut down production cost notably. Besides, making use of synthetic compounds is not as safe as natural antioxidants. Synthetic compounds may possess side-effects or trigger of allergies, whereas natural antioxidants present in fruit peels would radically reduce chances of such accidents from occurring, ensuring that products would be much more safe for usage. Escherichia coli can be considered as one of the most widely studied model organisms used. As such, the usage of Escherichia coli serves as a representation for human cells and the effect on Escherichia coli would be similar to most other cells.