현대사회는 반려동물을 기르는 가정이 증가하고 있다. 인간을 비롯한 반려동물도 일상 생활 속에서 피부질환의 위험에 놓여있고, 이에 따라 피부에 자극을 주지 않는 천연 세정 제품에도 큰 관심이 집중되고 있다. 천연제품이 대중화되어가고 있지만, 편리성과 즉효성을 장점으로 내세우는 일반 세제와 비누보다 천연제품의 이점을 보여주는 정확한 사례가 적다. 이를 알아보기 위해 기존에 사용되었던 세정제 제품을 직접 제작한 천연비누로 교체하였을 때의 피부변화를 실험하였다. 더 정확한 결과 값 측정을 위해 일제히 통제된 환 경에서 지정된 15마리의 실험견들을 선별하고, 유 수분 측정기와 관찰현미경을 이용해 연구를 진행하였고, 천연비누의 교체로 유분, 수분 함량은 증가하였고, 개선된 피부 상태를 확인했다.

본 연구는 웰빙(well-being)으로 각광받고 있는 천연물 관련 연구에 무화과 추출물의 활용 가능 성을 확인하고자 다음의 연구를 수행하였다. 무화과를 세척 건조하여 알코올추출 방법으로 추출한 후, Column chromatography, G-Mass, IR, 1H-nmr 방법에 의하여 무화과 추출물의 이화학적 성질을 분석하 였으며, 무화과 추출물을 두피 제품에 적용하기 위하여 항균, 항진균에 대한 항균성을 조사하였다. 무화과 추출물의 이화학적 분석은 열매와 잎으로 나누어 분석하였으며, 두 부분 모두 비듬과 피부병 치료 효능을 가진 항균 및 항진균 효능이 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 무화과 추출물에 대한 항균성은 액체배지 희석법에 의해 분석하였다. 그리고 소비자의 구매 욕구를 충족시키고, 무화과의 산업화 타당성을 검토하기 위하여 무화과 추출물 함유 수제 투명 및 고형 비누를 제조하여 타당성을 검토하였다.

본 실험에서는 투명비누를 만드는데 사용되는 폴리올의 최적 농도를 실험계획법을 이용하여 결정하였다. 짧은 사슬을 보유한 디프로필렌글리콜과 1,3 부틸렌글리콜은 비누의 투명도를 증가시켰으나 폴리에틸렌글리콜 400, 글리세린과 디글리세린은 비누를 불투명하게 하였다. 프로필렌글리콜, 디글리세린, 디프로필렌글리콜 및 폴리에틸렌글리콜의 농도를 증가시키면 비누의 경도는 증가하였다. 경도, 투명도, 물의 흡수성 및 마찰 용해도는 디프로필렌글리콜, 폴리에틸렌글리콜, 설탕과 트리에탄올아민의 농도를 조절하여 최적화할 수 있었다.

Transparent liquid crystal gels with high oil content by fatty acid soap were investigated. The solubilization efficiency of the mineral oil was dependent on the process. The process of dropping water part into the solution of oil and surfactant was more efficient than the process of dropping water part into the surfactant solution and after that dropping oil. The fatty acid soap could not solubilize the high oil content, but under the certain range, addition of CDE (Coconut Diethanolamide), Arlacel 165 (Glyceryl Stearate/PEG-100 Stearate) and cetostearyl alcohol helped solubilize the high content oil. Also, the glycerin and water content had influence on the solubilization. Especially, higher oil content gel showed elastic feature.

Zinc soap and Zn/Ba mixed metal soap were synthesized and PVC plastisol with mixed metal soap and various costabilizers were also synthesized with good structures and characterized by IR and 1H-NMR. The IR spectrums and 1H-NMR spectrums of the synthesized soaps were in very good accordance with the structures proposed by earlier workers. In using phosphite as a costabilizer, TIDP phosphite was shown to be the excellent thermal stabilization effect at the low temperature and TNPP phosphite was shown to be the excellent thermal stabilization effect at the high temperature. In case of antioxidant, it was revealed that antioxidant was not effective in the low temperature thermal stabilization effect while highly effective in the high temperature thermal stability. NaClO4 solution with sorbitol solvent had the best thermal stabilization effect among NaClO4 solution series at low and high temperature.

Methyl fructoside oleic acid polyester(MFPE), fructose-based sugar polyester, was synthesized by solvent-free, soap-free transesterification of methyl oleate with methyl fructoside(MF) as a sugar starting material in the presence of conventional potassium carbonate basic catalyst. Methyl fructoside was found to be an effective sugar starting material, because of its low softning point, high heat stability, high miscibility, and high reactivity than other sugars. Yield 98% of purified MFPE based on initial weight of MF was obtained at 1:5 of the molar ratio of methyl fructoside to methyl oleate, 2%(w/w) of potassium carbonate catalyst content, 20~200mmHg of reduced pressure and 180℃ of reaction temperature. MFPE structure was confirmed by infrared and proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Physical properties of methyl of fructoside oleic acid polyester such as viscosity, HLB, solubility, color, refractive index, specific gravity, and density were similar to physical properties of sucrose polyesters(SPE) and vegetable oils. Then, it was elucidated that MFPE was sufficient to replace the SPE and conventional oils.

A recycling soap was prepared from non-cooking oils. The effects of physical and chemical properties of the recycling soap on biodegradation are expected to be different due to the thermal histories of the non-cooking oils. Therefore, the biodegradation rate of the recycling soap was studied by using Klebsiella pneumoniae(K. pneumoniae), and the growth rate of K.pneumoniae in soap solution was observed. The biodegradation rate of the recycling soap appeared to be slower as the thermal histories of the non-cooking oils became larger. This might be resulted from hydrolysis, in which the ester bonds in the oils are broken to produce hydroxyl group. It was also observed that the growth rate of the microorganism decreased with the increase in the thermal histories of the oils. As a result, it is desired that recycling soap should be produced from the non-cooking oils with the proper ranges of thermal histories to reduce water contamination. The non-cooking oils with larger thermal histories are considered to be recycling through the cracking process before used.