Formulation and Evaluation of Multipurpose Herbal Cream

Abstract

The herbal cosmetics are now a day’s widely used by the common peoples because of concept of fewer side effects with better safety and security profile. So the main aim of this project work is to formulate and evaluate multipurpose herbal cream containing aloe-vera pulp, turmeric powder, neem oil, tulsi oil and rose oil. The cream was prepared by using cream base, i.e. stearic acid, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, glycerol, cetyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol and distill water. The three formulation batches i.e. F1, F2 and F3 were prepared by using slab technique for homogeneous mixing of all the excipients and herbal ingredients. The prepared formulation was evaluated by various evaluation parameters like; physical evaluation, irritancy test, washability test, pH test, phase separation, greasiness, homogeneity, spreadiability and viscosity. Results showed that the cream was non-irritant, stable and posses multipurpose activity.