THE UTILIZATION OF MANGO (MANGIFERA INDICA) PEELS AS AN

ALTERNATIVE FLOOR WAX

In Partial Fulfilment in Capstone Project and Research 1

Researchers:

Abdula, Noha S.

Baliling, Jayzelle Mae M.

Balimbingan, Edilaiza C.

Caay, Graciel Joy B.

Manatad, Anthonete Mae E.

Panuncialman, Angel Niezyl C.

Sariol, Fatima Ashe A.

 Abstract

The floor wax that are popularly known have side effects that are bad for the

health. It also has a pungent odor that irritates most people. Study shows that Mango peel

contains compound which eliminates radicals that could cause various health problems.

The purpose of this study is to prove that mango peels can be used as an alternative for

floor wax that reduce the wastes and harmful chemicals. The methods of this study are

mostly done by comparative experiments and observation.

 Acknowledgement

First and foremost, I would like to thank God who never left us and guided us

with all the blessings that served as our courage to successfully conduct the said research

with grace and honesty.

Second, we would like to express our deepest thanks and gratitude to our subject

teacher Mrs. Hazel Louise J. Albacite, for her continuous encouragement that give

motivation to finish this research. We also appreciate her patience in guiding us to

complete this project.

Third, we would like to thank our loving and very supportive parents. Our mom

and dad were the ones who never failed to exhibit their full sustenance and guidance.

They help us become more determined in fulfilling this research to the extent of their

limitation.

Lastly, we would like to give our thanks to my fellow friend and classmates who

helped and support us to make this study successful.

Dedication
Table of Content
 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Background of Study

Floor wax can play important role especially in cleaning. It was used to preserved

to make the wooden floors shiny. In today’s generation every product has been

commercialized and some people are looking for a product that are more natural and

cheaper. The researchers thought a way in which they can produced an alternative floor

wax. The researchers will test the utilizations of mango peels as an alternative floor wax.

This study is similar to the banana (musa acuminata) peels as an alternative floor

wax. The researchers try to test another peel of fruits, which is mango to make another

alternative floor wax. Mango also contains good fiber like banana, it also helps people

who used commercialized floor wax that it would not affect their health.

Objectives

a. This study aims to prove that mango peels can be recycled into good quality

product and reduce the wastes of the mango peels.

b. And determine the effectiveness of as an alternative floor wax.

c. It also aims to reduce the harmful of chemical components found in the

commercial floor wax.

 d. Therefore, the researchers wanted to create an alternative floor wax using the

mango peels and could give a good quality product like how the commercial floor wax

could give.

Hypothesis

This study has one expected outcome among the following hypothesis:

1. There is no effect in using mango (Mangifera indica) peel as an alternative

floor wax.

2.There is an effect of using a mango (Mangifera indica) peels as an alternative

floor wax.

Significant of the Study

This study is significant to the following:

 Users- This study would be beneficial to the users of floor wax. This study

provides an advantage to the users, such as they would have more natural and

cheaper way of having a floor wax

 Planters and Farmers- This study will provide the planters, an additional extra

income. It also increases the number of trees in the Philippines.

 Environment- This study will help to plant more trees of mango, and also it can

help our mother earth.

Scope and Limitation

 In making a floor wax that was made up from the mango (Mangifera indica) peel.

This study only limited to test the utilization of mango (Mangifera indica) peel as an

alternative floor wax and reducing the harmful chemical components of commercialized

floor wax.

Definition of Terms

Mango peels – The main ingredient for making floor wax.

Effective– this refers how the floor wax.

Odor- it is how the respondents rates the smell of floor wax.

 CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

The study focuses on the utilization of mango (Mangifera Indica) peel as an

alternative floor wax. To gather further information about mango peels, the researcher’s

find related studies about it to settle the questions and problems about this study.

The king of the fruits, mango fruit is one of the most popular, nutritionally rich fruits

with unique flavor, fragrance, taste, and health promoting qualities, making it numero-

uno among new functional foods, often labeled as “super fruit”. Mango is one of the

delicious seasonal fruits grown in the tropics. A delicious fruit mango is enjoyed by all

aged people. On the other hand, mango skin is discarded. The tree is believed to be

originating in the sub- Himalayan plains of the Indian subcontinent

Mango (Mangifera Indica) fruit belongs to the family of Anacardiaceae, a family that

also includes numerous species of tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plants such as

cashew, pistachio. The mango peel represents from 15% to 20% of the total weight of the

fruit. The aim of this review is to discuss the nutritional, functional, and nutraceutical

properties of mango peels, and their uses. Mango peel contains considerable content of

antioxidants and dietary fiber.

 Mango peel was found to be a rich source of dietary fibre and phenolic compounds.

The total dietary fibre content in mango peels was in the range of 40.6-72.5%. Galactose,

glucose, and arabinose were the major sugars in dietary fibre fractions. Mango peels is a

good source of pectin. Pectin is fiber found in fruits. It is often used as a thickener in

cooking and baking. It is also sometimes used to make medicine (Journal of Functional

Foods, 2013).

The pectin of mango (Mangifera indica) peel is around 10-15%. A maximum pectin

yield of 21% was obtain by soaking finely ground defatted mango peels in sulphuric acid

solution (Rehman et al. 2004). Mango peels is a by-product obtained during mango

processing, which is currently discarded causing environmental pollution. Mango peels

were used as source of polyphenols and pectin. Additionally, antioxidant and antifungal

activities were measured. The extraction condition to recover pectin and polyphenols at

the same time was using water, 121 °C/10 min at 1:40 w/v ratio (9.38 g/100 g dry peels

and 72.61 mg/g dry peels, respectively) R. Rojas, et.al (2018).

Mango peel is an agrowaste product and contains considerable amount of wax. This

has a good techno economic potential. The yield of crude wax was 0.95% on dry weight.

Melting point of crude wax was estimated to be 1706 Dalton. Composition of crude wax

found using gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) was alkanes (28.83%),

ester (66.26%), fatty acids (4.58%), aldehyde (0.11%), and alcohol (0.22%) (Camp Pro

Mat Project, 2018). Candle can also use as an ingredient for floor wax making.

Floor wax can be made out of used candle by crushing it into small pieces and put

into the pan and heat it into the stove. Wait 2-3 minutes till they melted candles. After the
candle melted with kerosene add a mango peels and boil it for 15 minutes. After boiling

the mango peels put into the container and wait until it cool.

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