Abstract

FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF POLYHERBAL ANTI DANDRUFF HAIR GEL

Sruthy P.N.*, Fathimath Rasna, Midhun Muraleedharan, Naeha, Sahala Abdul Latheef, Neha Kuriakose K., Nivedhitha P.D.

ABSTRACT

Dandruff is a major problem of hair, which cannot be fully cured with the aid of chemicals. An attempt has been made to prepare a poly-herbal anti-dandruff hair care formulation and it is standardized to ensure its stability and quality aspects. The present work is oriented at the synthesis of herbal anti-dandruff hair gel and the estimation of its various aspects for its valuability. The poly herbal gel was prepared by ethanolic extracts of the plants Zingiber Officinales and Moringa Oleifera Leaves on the basis of decided proportion, along with excipients. The gel was gauged for its various parameters including its phytochemical evaluation, physicochemical properties, antidandruff activity, antimicrobial study and stability studies etc. The polyherbal hairgel was found to be effective against Malassezia furfur and antimicrobial activity against K.pneumoniae and S.aureus. And the formulation showed desirable physiochemical properties of gel and stability test result stated that the formulation was stable even after 30 days of stability test.

Keywords: Polyherbal hair gel, ZingiberOfficinales, Moringa Oleifera, Malassezia furfur, Antidandruff activity, Anti-microbial activity.