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skin, the thicker the layer of melanin       compounds such as flavonoids and
                        which can provide a lot of protection        anthocyanins,  which  function  as
                        for the skin. Likewise, it is the other      antioxidants and have the potential
                        way around with white people who             to  be  a  natural  sunscreen.  Extra
                        have  less  melanin  so  they  need          VCO  (Virgin  Coconut  Oil)  can  be
                        greater     additional     protection        used  as  a  moisturizer,  high
                        (Isfardiyana et al., 2014). The skin         antioxidants  as  well  as  these
                        is  the  outermost  part  of  the  body      compounds       can    absorb     UV
                        that  interacts  directly  with  the         radiation,  so  they  are  effective  in
                        environment.  This  makes  the  skin         protecting  the  skin  from  sun
                        directly  exposed  to  UV  radiation         exposure.    In    addition,   telang
                        from  the  sun,  so  there  is a  risk  of   flowers  also  contain  phenolic
                        damage (Daud et al., 2018).                  compounds that increase protection
                           Sunscreens  on  the  market  use          against  UV  damage.  Neda  et  al.
                        more  chemicals,  while  sunscreens          (2013)  and  Shen  et  al.  (2016).
                        with    natural    ingredients    are        Herbal  sunscreen  cosmetics  must
                        generally  still  rarely  used.  Even        contain  one  or  more  active
                        though  sunscreen  with  natural             sunscreen  ingredients  that  are
                        ingredients  is  safer  because  it          antioxidants  to  achieve  a  good
                        comes from plants that contain UV            photoprotective  effect  (Walters,
                        antidote compounds. For example,             2002;    Amnuaikit,    2013).    The
                        such  as  phenolic  compounds  that          concept  of  complementary  or
                        function to protect plant tissues from       alternative medicine is increasingly
                        damage caused by solar radiation.            widely  accepted  along  with  the
                        Flavonoid compounds can also act             increasing  interest  in  the  use  of
                        as components that can ward off UV           herbal medicines (Barel, 2001). The
                        ultraviolet    induction     radicals        formulation  and  objectives  of  this
                        (Puspitasari  et  al.,  2018).  The          research  are;  1).  Knowing  how  to
                        effectiveness      of     sunscreen          make  sunscreen  from  Bungan
                        preparations  is  shown  by  SPF             telang exktark in protecting natural
                        value.   The     magnitude     of   a        UV, 2). Knowing the effect of Clitea
                        compound's  ability  to  protect  the        telang flower extract as a sunscreen
                        skin from UV radiation can be seen           cream  ingredient  in  protecting
                        from its SPF value. The higher the           natural UV.
                        SPF  value,  the  more  effective  the
                        sunscreen activity of a preparation          METHOD  AND  EXPERIMENTAL
                        (Dutra, 2004).                               DETAILS
                           T e lang  flower  (Clitoria  ternatea)
                        has a fairly high antioxidant activity.      This  study  is  an  Experimental
                        Telang flower or Clitoria ternatea is        Research with the aim of exploring
                        a  plant  that  is  widely  found  in        and determining the optimal formula
                        Southeast  Asia  and  has  been              of  sunscreen  with  "Clitea"  extract
                        known  for  a  long  time  because  of       and  evaluating  the  antioxidant
                        the active compound content it has.          activity contained in it. The research
                        Telang  flowers  contain  bioactive
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