Abstract

FORMULATION, CHARACTERIZATION & COMPARISON OF HERBAL SHAMPOO WITH MARKETED PRODUCTS

Patel Keni, Prajapati Khushbu, Nupur Patel, Manisha C. Kotadiya* and Bhakti Shah

ABSTRACT

The study aimed to formulate a pure herbal shampoo and to evaluate and compare its physicochemical properties with the marketed synthetic and herbal shampoos. The herbal shampoo was formulated by adding the extracts of flaxseed, fenugreek, and reetha in different proportions to a 10% aqueous glycerine solution. The pH was adjusted with citric acid and methyl paraben was used as preservative. Several tests such as pH, % of solid contents, wetting time, foam volume and foaming stability, surface tension, detergency, dirt dispersion etc., were performed to determine the physicochemical properties of both prepared and marketed shampoos. The pH of herbal shampoo was adjusted with 1% citric acid and methyl paraben was used as preservative. Several tests such as visual inspection, pH, wetting time, % of solid contents, foam volume and stability, and surface tension. It exhibited good cleaning and detergency, low surface tension, small size of bubble and good foaming stability after 5 min. dirt dispersion etc., were performed to determine the physicochemical properties of both prepared and marketed shampoos. The formulated herbal shampoo was pure and alluring. It showed good cleansing and detergency, low surface tension, small bubble size and good foaming stability after 5 min. The prepared shampoo and commercial shampoos showed comparable results for % solid contents. The results indicated that the formulated shampoo is having good overall performance, than commercially available shampoo.

Keywords: Reetha, Fenugreek, Aloe Vera, Citric Acid, Polyherbal shampoo, Foaming Stability.