Abstract

FORMULATION, DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATIONOF HERBAL SKIN CARE CREAM

Vijay Namdev, Pradeep Kumar Yadav, Rajesh Gour, A. K. Singhai

LNCT University, Bhopal (M.P.)

ABSTRACT

Finding new skin-care products made from natural ingredients has been increasingly popular because they have multiple uses for treating sunburn, hyperpigmentation, and ageing. The formulation and evaluation of a herbal skin care cream was the goal of the current work. Individual herbs are not enough to have the intended therapeutic effect, according to Ayurveda. When it is optimised as a combination of different herbs in a specific ratio, it will have a better medicinal impact with less toxicity. It is observed that the viscosity of the formulations goes on decreasing as the rpm increases an inverse relationship exists between the viscosity and the shear rate. Viscosity is found in the range of 30195 to 31545 cp. Drug content was found within the range of 98 to 99 % for all the formulations. Spreadibility of the formulations is found within the range of 11.43 to 12.56 gm.cm/sec. In the formulation use of herbs which posses soothing, moisturizing and healing properties, so the herbal based formulation containing E. officinalis, D. carota and C. sativus is advantageous in delivering the entire drug safely to the skin.

Keywords: Formulation, E. officinalis, D. carota and C. sativus, Herbal cream, Formulation, Evaluation