Formulation And Evaluation Of Herbal Soap
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Abstract
A herbal soap and hand sanitizer was formulated using the leaf and bark extract of Azadirachta indica, Ocimum tenuiflorum, Sapindus mukorussi and Acacia concinna powder.Ayurevedic cosmetic are also known as the herbal cosmetic the natural content in the herbs does not have any sideeffect on the human body most herbal supplement are based on several botanical ingreients with long histories of traditional or folk medicine usage.Among the numerous botanical ingredients available in the market tody Numerous chemical toxins microorganism present in the atmosphere may cause chemical infection and damage to skin cosmetics alone are not sufficient to take care of skin and body parts.Neem (Azadirachta Indica) tree has attracted worldwide prominence owing to its wide range of medicinal properties, neemleaves and its constituents have been demonstrated to exhibit anti-inflammatory, antihyperglycemic, antiulcer antimalarial, antifungal, antibacterial, antimutagenic and anticarcinogenic properties.This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of aqueous, ethanolic and ethyl acetate extract from neem leaves.Herbalsoap ingredients were used reetha, neem, shikekai and tulsi, in which neem leaf and seed were found effective against some dermatophytes.Shikeki and Reetha acts as a detergent and having cleaning and foaming activity and tulsi shows antiviral activity.