EVALUATING THE DISINFECTANT EFFICACY OF POLYHERBAL FORMULATIONS CONTAINING THE EXTRACTS OF CASSIA FISTULA, FICUS RELIGIOSA, MILLETIA PINNATA AND WENDLANDIA THYRSOIDEA
Zeeshan Afsar*, Salma Khanam, MD Salahuddin and Syed Aamir
ABSTRACT
The leaf and bark extracts of the plants Cassia fistula, Ficus religiosa, Milletia pinnata & Wendlandia thyrsoidea were subjected to antimicrobial screening. The extracts that exhibited maximum antimicrobial effect were used to prepare the Cream, gel, hand wash, sanitizer and soap formulations. The prepared formulations were tested for their disinfectant efficacy by various methods such as Hand wash method, Degerming method, Ditch plate method and Rideal Walker coefficient methods. Results showed that all the formulations exhibited significant disinfectant properties among which the sanitizer and soap exhibited maximum disinfectant effect which was comparable with the
commercially available market preparations.
Keywords: Cassia fistula, Ficus religiosa, Milletia pinnata & Wendlandia thyrsoidea.
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