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Natural Stain Removers.
Stain removal is a necessary part of clothing care. Quick and cautious stain removal keeps clothes in wearable
condition longer and helps reduce clothing costs (Smith, 2014). Research is ongoing with this
objective to create detergents that have a strictly natural cleaning intervention and
are more socially viable opposed to synthetic detergents. In relation, stain removers
are not often available in remote locations. (Keshwani, et al., 2015)

Pineapple waste use is noteworthy, and the research focuses on the impact of
pineapple waste and salt acids on various prevalent stains such as grease, printer
ink, deodorant, hair dye, mud, and rust. It also focuses on the degree of whitening
when removing stains. This study furthermore considered acid as the main factor in
the removal of stain from pineapple wastes alongside salt. The extract of pineapple
was roughly 4.9 pH. The said pH falls within the pineapple juice's average pH range
(3.5 to 5.2 pH). This indicates less acid juice. In its heightened pH content, maturity
played an important role. That suggests it might contribute to a weaker acid.
Moreover, pineapples have citric acid which suggests that it has a relation with the
citrus family. Aldesimo, et al. (n.d.)

Another study of natural stain remover from Keshwani, et al. (2015) states that
natural polymers have been a component of cleaner detergent formulations for many
years, but they still have to develop their capacity as a single cleaning component in
the detergent sector. Today, green detergents acquired from natural feedstock
represent both science and practical interest in growing awareness and
environmental protection demands. It is therefore essential to use low-cost
renewable products accessible in big amounts and to alter their molecular structures
with enhanced efficiency and beneficial ecotoxicological characteristics and
decreased the effect on the environment. Certain natural polymers and their altered
derivatives function as entirely natural sources and display biodegradability to a very
important degree due to the risk that synthetic detergents have presented since the
moment they are used are now undergoing cutting-edge studies. Some specialty
polymers have recently been created because they provide some particular low-dose
washing impacts (1% or less). In fact, some fresh natural specialty polymers lately
entered on the market in 2013, adding special effects to detergents such as soil
shield, soil discharge, and inhibition of dye transfer. Research into natural polymers
and natural plant sources has become increasingly important with the advent of
environmental protection distress and energy crisis. In the recent work, natural
polymers have been used as a substitute for synthetic polymers for the formulation
of washing detergents, both in solid and liquid forms, in order to produce a
formulation comparable to that of commercial detergent and cost-effective. Natural
polymer-based detergents are cost-effective as these polymers ' retail price is small
enough to impact the detergents ' ultimate cost. In order to obtain the required
characteristics, different ratios of different natural polymers were used. In some of
the detergent formulations, plant sources for natural saponin material can also be
used as a natural source of soap. Natural polymer-based stain extraction detergents
can be of excellent use in both hand cleaning and washing devices in family laundry.
It is therefore discovered that organic polymer-based detergents with an excellent
level of biodegradability can be used commercially on a wide scale

Serrano, et al. (n.d.) Bleaching agent with alternative sources and pomelo is one of
the abundant fruits with citric acid discovered in the environment. The pomelo (Citrus
maxima) in the Rutaceae (citrus family) (also known as pummelo or shaddock). It is
a medium-sized tree with big leaves, flowers, and fruits, but the biggest of all Citrus
species. The species is indigenous to northern China and Malaysia (and perhaps
other regions of southeast Asia) and is now grown for its big fruits in many tropical
and semi-tropical nations. This species, among other contemporary citrus hybrids,
was a progenitor of grapefruit (C. X paradisi) and tangelo (C. reticulata). The C.
maxima tree, the most cold-intolerant species of citrus, has a curved base and
spreads between 5 and 15 m (15 and 50 ft) high. The tree has big evergreen oblong
leaves with winged petioles (leaf stems) 10.5 to 20 cm (4 to 8 in) long. Unlike
grapefruits (C. X paradisi), in which they grow in groups of 2 to 20, the flowers and
fruits are born alone.

Keshwani, et al. (2015) and Serrano, et al. (n.d.) had the same concept of using citric
acid as a base for natural stain remover due to the fact that there are numerous
research studies that have been discovered to be efficient in preventing stains rather
than using bleach product using organic crops in society. It is recognized that fruits
containing citric acid have an effective bleaching agent in cleaning white garments,
such as lemon, lime, orange and tangerine, which some individuals are now
exercising.

Another related study from Bimbao, et al. (2017) says that the plant family,
Oxalidaceae, includes Carambola or Star Fruit. This ornamental tree expands to
about eight meters in height. The leaves are elliptic to ovate. The flowers are tiny,
with purple petals, bell-shaped. The winged fruits, with three to five ribs, are pulpy
and sweet. The ripe fruit of gold or golden color is edible but rather sour (Kurian,
2010). A. Carambola is a very nice source of oxalic acid with oxalic acid content that
can be as large as 1wt% of the wet weight (representing approximately 74 percent of
the complete acid content based on the fruit maturity level) (Borel, 2014). Mature
fruits were considerably less acidic (pH 4.82) than green youthful fruits (pH 3.43) and
half-mature (pH 3.56) fruits (Patil et al, 2010). In carambola (Averrhoa carambola L.)
and bilimbi (A. bilimbi L.), oxalic acid has been recognized as the main acid. While
quantitative concentrations for carambola were recorded, only qualitative oxalic acid
was recorded for bilimbi. Ripe carambola levels of 9.6 mg / g and green fruit levels of
5.0 mg / g. For ripe and tender vegetables, the oxalic acid content of star fruit (A.
carambola) has risen from 0.63% to 1.04% respectively. A substantial decline in
chlorophyll content in mature fruits was noted in the current research relative to
immature and half-ripe fruits, stated by the fruit's golden yellow color (Patil et al,
2010). The toxicity of this fruit is liable for the elevated amount of oxalic acid (Borel,
et al, 2014).